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A newborn Naruto with his mother Kushina.
Naruto was born as the son of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and Kurama's second jinchūriki, Kushina Uzumaki. Naruto's parents named him after the main character of Jiraiya's first book, thus making the Sannin his godfather.
Prior to Naruto's birth, his parents and the Third Hokage knew that the seal that kept Kurama within Kushina would be in danger of breaking during childbirth.
To prevent that threat Kushina was taken a short distance outside of
the village to give birth in a secure, secret location with Biwako Sarutobi and Taji as her midwives, a few ANBU as security, and Minato to keep the seal in place. However, immediately after Kushina gave birth, Tobi
appeared and took Naruto hostage, demanding that Minato step away from
Kushina or he would kill the newborn child. He then used a clever
diversion that forced Minato to transport the baby to a safer location, allowing him to escape with Kushina. By the time Minato could intervene, Tobi had already succeeded in releasing Kurama.
Fortunately, Kushina (who survived the extraction thanks to her
strong vitality) was saved by Minato and brought to Naruto, leaving the
weakened mother to care for the sleeping Naruto while Minato went to
combat Tobi. To save the village, Minato sacrificed his life to seal
Kurama within Naruto, believing that his son would someday have need of
the beast's power to defeat Tobi.
Suddenly orphaned, Naruto was left to grow up knowing nothing of his
parents, receiving only his mother's last name because the Third Hokage
thought that it was best that nobody knew that he was related to the
Fourth Hokage.

Naruto as a child.

Before Minato died, he asked that the villagers of Konoha view Naruto
as a hero who had helped defeat Kurama. However, only a few of the
villagers honoured his request, while most instead resented him for
containing the fox that had destroyed their home. In light of this, the
Third Hokage decreed that nobody should ever speak of the truth about
Naruto, hoping that by doing this, their children would not resent him
as they did. The children, however, followed their parents' lead,
despite not knowing why. Apart from the Third Hokage, Iruka Umino was the only one who acted as a surrogate family to the young Naruto along with the owner of Ramen Ichiraku: Teuchi and his daughter Ayame to some extent.
Naruto and Sasuke's rivalry in the Ninja Academy.
When Naruto first met Sasuke Uchiha in the Ninja Academy, they were matched to spar
against each other. Naruto was excited at the opportunity to defeat
Sasuke and become so popular like him, however he was easily beaten. By
looking at Sasuke's eyes, Naruto realised that they were filled with
hatred. When Iruka told them to make the reconciliation seal, they both
refused.
Then, Naruto became determined to beat Sasuke, making him his rival.
When Naruto found out that Sasuke was also an orphan, he was secretly
happy for not being the only one alone and wanted to talk to him, but
couldn't because of his jealousy. Still, Naruto wished that, someday,
Sasuke would acknowledge him as an equal

Due to the prejudice and loneliness he suffered in his childhood,
Naruto developed a craving for acknowledgement. In order to achieve
this, Naruto would pull pranks all around the village and even going far
as strive for the title of Hokage.
Even after graduating from the academy, Naruto was still determined to
be recognised, but as he made more and more connections with others, his
reasons for wanting to become Hokage underwent a change, having less to
do with the desire for recognition, and more to do with wanting the
strength to protect his home and the people close to him. As noted by Tobi, Naruto is a fervent believer in the Will of Fire, likening him to Hashirama Senju in this respect.[8]
Naruto's unstoppable determination and drive strongly impacts the lives
around him, even his enemies had been affected by his empathy. Both
Kakashi and Temari had referred to Naruto's amazing charisma as a
"unique power" that allows him to change the worldly views of others. Son Gokū, the Four-Tails, also thought of him as an open and honest person.[9]
Naruto is most prominently characterised by his hyperactivity, being exuberant, impatient, impulsive, and inattentive. According to Kakashi, Naruto learns through his body.
He is relatively naive and simple, being slow to understand a principle
or situation, and often requiring an oversimplified analogy in order to
grasp what is being explained to him.[10]
Overall, Naruto responds best to competition and possesses a great
degree of confidence in himself, loudly proclaiming that he will master
whatever technique he is learning in a fraction of the usual time,[11] though he will not hesitate to ask for help if he needs it.[12]
Naruto has a number of other distinct traits as well. He inherited his catch-phrase "Dattebayo!" (だってばよ!) from his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, who would say "(da)ttebane" ((だ)ってばね) when excited or frustrated.[13] He also has a childish quirk of keeping his money in a chubby, green-frog wallet he affectionately calls "Gama-chan".[14] He is also very brash and rarely pays heed to formality or social standings. He almost exclusively eats ramen, and is a frequent customer at the Ramen Ichiraku.
He is also something of a pervert, something he tends to be reprimanded
for by Sakura as well as Iruka, and has only become more so after
meeting Jiraiya. He smiles near-constantly which during his childhood,
was to mask the sadness of his lonely life. Those who are closest to him
are able to recognise when his smile isn't genuine. Naruto is also
afraid of ghosts.
Naruto making a promise in the "nice guy" pose.
However, when the situation calls for it or when someone dear to him
is in trouble, Naruto can be very serious, and will instantly try to
come to their aid. This is most commonly seen in the series through his
interactions with his team-mates, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. With Sasuke, Naruto views him as a brother, and throughout Part II strives to bring him back to Konoha,
despite his willing defection from the village. With Sakura, Naruto has
a long-standing crush on her, and Naruto would do all in his power to
make her happy, even if it is at the expense of his own happiness. Sai
has indicated that this dedication has progressed to the point of love,
and though Sakura has been shown to care for Naruto, she doesn't
reciprocate these feelings for him. In the anime, Naruto tells Shizuka
that though he fell for Sakura, Naruto knows that his affections are
one-sided on his part and says that even though she may never
reciprocate the affections he held for her, he was happy so long as
Sakura was happy. However, despite this claim, Sai notes that the strain
of making Sakura happy, and bringing Sasuke home are the source of
Naruto's internal pain. Like Guy and Rock Lee, when Naruto makes a promise he assumes the "nice guy pose".
After the loss of his mentor Jiraiya, talking with his own
father, and to Jiraiya's killer and former pupil, Nagato, Naruto came to
understand the downside of revenge, and desired to save Sasuke from it
even more. Naruto also tried to stop the Kumo-nin
from exacting their revenge against Sasuke, since this would only
create a cycle of hatred. It appeared that Naruto was becoming
increasingly desperate in his quest to save Sasuke, as he was willing to
take physical abuse from the Kumo-nin over selling Sasuke out as well
as getting down on his knees before the Raikage and beg for Sasuke to be
forgiven for his crimes. Furthermore, after learning from Tobi the
reason of Sasuke's hatred, Naruto decided and proclaimed to Sakura, who
was trying to get him to leave his quest, that he truly understood
Sasuke now. He wanted to save Sasuke, not just because of the promise he
made to Sakura, but also for himself. However, after learning from Sai
that the rest of his comrades were aiming to kill Sasuke, and that
nobody in the village would ever accept him again, Naruto suffered from hyperventilation due to the extreme conflict that he has been presented with.
Upon finally reuniting with Sasuke, Naruto sympathised with the
criminal for his actions, and refused to back down or kill him, instead
finding a third solution. Naruto came to the conclusion that the two of
them were indeed destined to fight, as Tobi predicted, and that when
that happens, since both he and Sasuke were top-ranked ninja, they would
most likely die. Naruto is fully prepared to shoulder Sasuke's hatred
as a friend, and is, in a way, the sole person to not have given up hope
on him. However, like the rest of Konoha, Naruto has finally given up
in bringing Sasuke back as a citizen of the village, believing that
words would no longer have any effect to allowing them to understand
each other, and has resigned himself to fighting (and potentially
killing) Sasuke to protect Konoha. To prevent himself from dying when he
fights Sasuke, Naruto started training to master Kurama's power, saying
he was through running from being a jinchūriki and prepared to complete "that technique".
The change in dynamics between Naruto and Kurama.
Naruto also has shown to deeply love both his parents. When he met his father,
and despite being angry at Minato for sealing Kurama inside of him,
Naruto quickly got over his anger and was overjoyed and proud to be the
Fourth Hokage's son. He also tearfully embraced his mother
when he met her. After learning how his parents met and what happened
during Kurama's attack on Konoha, Naruto told his mother that he could
finally understand how a parent's love felt like and that he didn't
blame her or Minato, instead he felt glad to be their son. When the Fourth Raikage criticised on how Minato was supposedly the "Child of the Prophecy"
and claiming that he failed when he died against Kurama, Naruto,
remembering what his mother had told him about Minato's love and faith
in his son, angrily reproached the Raikage for insulting his father
because he didn't know him, and that the Fourth Hokage hadn't failed at
all.Naruto also explained to the Fourth Raikage that despite his parents
dying shortly after he was born, they both made him strong.
Unlike most others, Naruto has shown a great deal of care as it pertains to the tailed beast and his own on a whole. Having seen the dynamic relationship between B and Gyūki, he has confessed to Son Gokū to even being jealous of that, wanting his and Kurama's relationship to follow along the same lines.
His words, have at times, shocked the tailed beasts who are used to
being mistreated and locked away, regardless of what the person's
intentions. While Kurama said that Naruto was only the better alternative than the resurrected Madara, it reconciles with Naruto, who acknowledges the fox as his partner.
Since the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War, and by extension, the invasion of Pain,
Naruto had frequently thought that it was his 'duty' and 'burden' to
stop the pain and hatred, and that he must shoulder it alone. However,
Itachi pointed out to Naruto that this line of thought, coupled with his
increasing power, would only make him arrogant. He even went as far as
to suggest that Naruto could one day become like Madara should he forget
about his friends.

Dark Naruto

Dark Naruto.
After Killer B refused to train Naruto, Motoi guided Naruto and Yamato to the Falls of Truth, the place where B trained to control Gyūki's power. He instructed Naruto to sit on a platform and close his eyes. Soon after, Dark Naruto (闇ナルト, Yami Naruto),
the manifestation of hatred that existed within Naruto's heart,
appeared, berating Naruto for how quickly the people from Konoha changed
their ideals about him. Dark Naruto exclaimed that Kurama liked him better and he was the real Naruto while Naruto was an imposter.
They started to fight, but after a while, Naruto realised that they
both had the same techniques, skills, and tactics. As a result, their
fight was a draw and Naruto mentioned that if they continued like this,
it would take a very long time to settle it.
He appeared once again after Naruto returned to the Falls of
Truth. Instead of fighting, Naruto projected an image from his mind of
his autograph signature that he was unable to give to the Konoha
shinobi. This angered Dark Naruto, pointing out to Naruto that those
people were part of the same villagers who made him suffer as an
outcast, telling him that he shouldn't trust them. However, Naruto
stated that he trusted the villagers because they were important to him,
but what was also important was that he needed to have faith in
himself, so he would have the strength to live up to the villagers'
trust in him. Naruto's statement started to weaken Dark Naruto, then
forcing him to ask what was the reason for his existence. Naruto stated
that Dark Naruto was really him and thanked Dark Naruto for pushing him
to be the person he was now. He hugged Dark Naruto when the latter tried
to attack him, telling Dark Naruto that it was all going to be alright.
Letting go of his own anger at their past, Dark Naruto's eyes lightened
as he gave into Naruto's words, and disappeared.
Later, when Naruto entered his subconscious, Kurama expressed
surprise as it could no longer sense any hatred within Naruto, and
questioned Naruto about where the "real him" was, to which Naruto
replied that the real him was right in front of it.

As stated by Jiraiya, Naruto bears a striking resemblance to his
father, having Minato's blue eyes and blond, spiky hair. From his
mother, Naruto inherited the shape of both his eyes and face.[25] During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Dan Katō initially mistakes him for Nawaki due to their stark resemblance as well.[26]
Naruto's most prominent physical characteristics however, are the
whisker marks on his face that he gained from Kurama's influence on him
while he was in Kushina's womb. Probably Naruto's most regularly
mentioned trait before the second half of the series (which easily
provoked him) was his short stature for his age. After the time skip, he
had a noticeably significant growth spurt which made him taller than
his team-mate, Sakura.
In Part I, Naruto's outfit consisted of an orange tracksuit with
blue on the upper shoulders area as well as around the waist, a white
swirl with a tassel on the left side, a red swirl on the back, a large
white collar, orange pants, blue sandals, and a blue forehead protector that was given to him by Iruka after he graduated from the Ninja Academy.
Naruto as he appeared during his battle with Pain.
In Part II, Naruto's outfit undergoes modification after being worn to shreds during his training with Jiraiya.[27]
The outfit retains the orange colour as well as the white (without the
tassel) and red swirls, but the jacket is much more form fitting with
the blue parts changed to black and the colour extending from around the
neck and shoulders to down the front and the sleeves. The forehead
protector has also changed with Naruto moving the metal portion to a new
longer black bandanna and he wears black sandals instead of blue.
During his battle with Pain,
Naruto briefly sported a short-sleeved red coat with a back flame
pattern on the hemline. He also carried a large summoning scroll on his
back.

Naruto's Sexy Technique.
At the start of the series, one of the only techniques Naruto could do without fail was the Transformation Technique, and his own original variant of the technique called the Sexy Technique; a creative but almost completely useless diversionary technique, used simply to shock his instructors.[28]
Throughout Part I he learns a number of short-range techniques, which
are expanded upon during his two-and-a-half years of training with Jiraiya.
Naruto also improves his knowledge of other ninja skills while under
Jiraiya's tutelage, using more taijutsu and ninja tools than he did in
Part I. He also learned how to dispel genjutsu and despite his limited skill with it he was able to resist being put to sleep by Itachi Uchiha. During Part II, he starts to master longer-range techniques, such as the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, Mini-Rasenshuriken, chakra arms, and Tailed Beast Ball.
In Part I, Naruto is regularly noted to have a great deal of potential, primarily because of Kurama sealed within him. When Orochimaru saw him defeat Kabuto,
he tried to kill Naruto for fear of what he would become. This
potential manifests itself during Part II when he regularly proves
himself a match for the S-rank members of Akatsuki. His victory over the Six Paths of Pain
has earned him great accolade in the ninja world: Konoha villagers now
even believe he is Hokage-material after they hear about it, and Zetsu, after seeing the battle, suggests Naruto has become stronger than Sasuke. With further training and subjugation of Kurama he is even able to fight on a comparable level against Kage of both the previous and current generation on the battlefield. One of his clones even received praise from the likes of Madara Uchiha after stopping one of his attacks.
Being a descendant of the Uzumaki clan,
Naruto inherited incredible stamina and vitality, which is further
augmented by Kurama. According to Kakashi, Naruto's normal chakra level
is at least four times of his own.[29] His chakra is stated by Karin to be warm and bright, the exact opposite of Sasuke.[30] He apparently has some knowledge on fūinjutsu, as he knew how to use the seal's key after receiving Gerotora, and resealed Kurama after he separated it from its chakra.[31]
Jiraiya had left Naruto with the key to help him complete an as of yet
unknown technique which he, Naruto, and Minato have been working on, but
never finished. Naruto stated that he was ready to complete it.

Main article: Naruto Uzumaki's Jinchūriki FormsNaruto's initial jinchūriki form.
As Kurama's jinchūriki,
Naruto is gifted with its enormous supply of chakra and stamina, to
which Kakashi estimated it to be a hundred times greater than his own
when its influence is not suppressed.[29]
It also gives Naruto accelerated healing (recovering from minor
injuries within a few seconds to major injuries within a day) and
depending on the amount of chakra he's using, Naruto is also given an
increase in strength, speed, and his healing factor to such levels that
he recovered from a Chidori
strike through his chest in mere seconds. At times, he is also granted a
fox-shaped chakra shroud with massive invulnerability, being able to
resist being pierced by Orochimaru's Sword of Kusanagi, a sword known as being able to cut through adamantine, and is completely undamaged by the alkali substance excreted by Saiken, which was able to damage Gyūki and disintegrate its surroundings rapidly.
The seal
had allowed a small amount of Kurama's chakra to always mix with
Naruto's own. In Part I, Jiraiya once commented on the fact that
Naruto's body was much too small a vessel to properly contain Kurama's
chakra, and his body would instinctively reject the bulk of it due to
the damage it could cause. Ebisu
also implied that Naruto's poor chakra control stemmed from this, as a
portion of his chakra was used in attempt to suppress Kurama's own
overwhelming chakra.
Kurama's chakra first came to Naruto during life-threatening
situations, given to him by Kurama itself to ensure its survival, but
after training with Jiraiya, Naruto learned how to contact Kurama and
demand some of its chakra. Alternatively, Naruto could give into his
anger or frustration, allowing Kurama to force its influence upon him.
Depending on how much he gained, Kurama's influence within its chakra
could make Naruto lose control of his senses, devolving into an animal
that attacks anything within reach, as well as damaging his own body,
slowly shortening his lifespan. Although a number of methods had been
devised to break its influence over Naruto (Jiraiya's seal tag,[32] and Yamato's Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands, which was facilitated by Hashirama Senju's necklace Naruto wore before its destruction),[33][34]
Naruto simply limited his use of Kurama's chakra, and tried not to
allow his anger get the best of him, but he eventually attempted to
exercise more control over it.
Naruto demonstrating one of his new Rasengan ninjutsu in his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
The Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is a form that Naruto gained after he separated and sealed
Kurama's from its chakra. He could access its chakra directly whenever
he needed it without interacting with the fox at all. In doing so, he
gained a chakra shroud that resembles the Sage of the Six Paths' silhouette.This form's chakra shroud also gave Naruto a great deal of protection,
but he noted that it would have been dangerous, and the fight would have
been over, if A had got a clean hit on him. Like his predecessor, Mito Uzumaki, Naruto also gains Kurama's ability to sense negative emotions as well as chakra signatures from very long distances, even while he was inside a chakra isolation chamber within the Falls of Truth; something that not even the best sensor-type ninja can do.[36][37] The power of his techniques become so great that unless they already have some inherent durability, like the Third Raikage, resurrected shinobi have a hard time regenerating. He had shown to stay in this form for an entire night and most of the morning during the Fourth Shinobi World War, much longer than that of Sage Mode.
Naruto using Tailed Beast Ball.
Like Killer B and Gyūki,
Naruto eventually reconciled with Kurama and has access to its full
powers. When they meld their chakra together, he gains a new Nine-Tails
Chakra Mode as well as the ability to create a tailed beast cloak. In
both forms, he has shown tremendous speed and power able to deflect
multiple Tailed Beast Balls and take on several tailed beasts
simultaneously. He is also able to use the Tailed Beast Ball himself.
His skill with the Tailed Beast Ball is high enough that he could aim it
perfectly at the bottom of the combined Tailed Beast Ball Tobi's controlled beasts made to send both flying into the air and explode.[39] He could also use his tails as chakra arms, making a clone in each while in the initial Nine-Tails Chakra Mode to attack all at once.[40]

Taijutsu

Naruto fighting Kiba.
Naruto had always been at least passable in taijutsu, ever since the
Academy where he received a B in that class. Throughout Part I, his
taijutsu slowly improved, where it was first showcased in his battle
with Kiba Inuzuka in the Chūnin Exams preliminaries where he was able to hold his own and avoid multiple slash attacks from Kiba and Akamaru's Four Legs Technique without the aid of his shadow clones. A testament to his skill with taijutsu was shown when Naruto was fighting against Neji Hyūga's Gentle Fist
techniques in the Chūnin Exam finals, where he got into striking
distance using only hand-to-hand combat. After the time skip, Naruto's
taijutsu improved greatly under the tutelage of Jiraiya
where he could hold his own in hand-to-hand against several shinobi
skilled in taijutsu. Throughout the series, Naruto's taijutsu
continually improved, eventually learning the Frog Kata style from Fukasaku. He was also able to react quickly enough to block Karui's
sword with his elbow while she was slashing, then catch her blade when
she tried a spinning slash, and even break it. In Sage Mode, he was able
to beat the Deva Path twice in taijutsu, the first time sending it flying back with a roundhouse kick leaving it vulnerable to a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, and the second time disarming it of its Chakra Disruption Blade and sending it crashing into a boulder with a single kick. After thinking he found a weakness in the Third Raikage's ultimate shield, Naruto used the Frog Kata style to avoid his Hell Stab when it was just one finger by sensing the chakra, before slamming a Rasengan right into the Raikage's elbow to send his Nukite slamming right into his chest.[41] While in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, he was also able to block several of A's immensely strong punches despite being intercepted several times.
On top of his taijutsu skills, Naruto has shown a high level of physical strength. During the Chūnin Exams, he stopped a charge from one of Orochimaru's giant snakes albeit while using Kurama's chakra. During his senjutsu
training in Part II, he was able to budge one of the huge statues
without using the special oil. After the training, he could shatter
stone with his raw strength, as seen when he escaped from the petrified Preta Path
after it absorbed too much of his senjutsu chakra. His strength is
increased to such a point in Sage Mode where he can toss not only the Animal Path's Giant Rhino after stopping its charge, but Kurama itself. In Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto becomes strong enough to push a fully formed Tailed Beast Ball through a multiple layered barrier.
Naruto has also displayed impressive speed over the time skip as well. When confronting Sasuke after the Five Kage Summit, he saved Sakura
from her own poisoned kunai which Sasuke wielded to stab her and
received only a shallow cut in exchange. Naruto was then able to
restrain Kakashi while charging up a Rasengan, meeting Sasuke's Chidori charge and equaling it. While in Sage Mode, Naruto's speed increases greatly to the point where he could intercept the Asura Path, which was using its chakra boots before Nagato could complete his sentence or attack Tsunade.
He was even able to avoid the Third Raikage's Nukite at near point
blank range and retaliate with a Rasengan after meeting his charge.
Naruto's speed is at its greatest however, while in his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, where Killer B even had trouble determining if he used the Body Flicker Technique when attacking Kisame Hoshigaki, who was hidden in Samehada. His speed in this form surpasses even that of A's while clad in his Lightning Release Armour
as seen when he was able to dodge A's attack while he was clad in a
full-powered lightning armour and using what he referred to as his
fastest attack,something that only the Fourth Hokage had done in the past, with his Flying Thunder God Technique. His speed and strength seems to have increased again in his Tailed Beast Mode, using it to deflect multiple Tailed Beast Balls at point blank range, to the point where Kakashi mistook him for his sensei.

Ninjutsu

Shadow Clone Technique

Naruto using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
Although Naruto had trouble with the Clone Technique at the start of the series, he quickly learned how to use jōnin-level techniques, like the Shadow Clone Technique and its large-scale version.
The technique would become his first signature technique, one of the
two foundations of his ninjutsu, and later, the base of his training
skills. The Shadow Clone Technique takes advantage of the massive chakra
reserve Naruto possesses due to him being Kurama's jinchūriki. Naruto
is able to create upwards of a thousand clones, and retain a decent
amount of chakra in each of them. Because of this, Naruto can use his
shadow clones for virtually anything, from straight combat to speed
training.
In the beginning, Naruto would create a multitude of clones to
overwhelm his opponents. Other times, however, he would employ the use
of the Transformation Technique
to change the appearance of these clones to catch his target off guard.
By Part II, Naruto learned that whatever his shadow clones learn, he,
the main mind, would also learn. By using this, he is able to learn
techniques that would usually take months or years in days, which sped
up his training greatly. Naruto takes advantage of this often, using
shadow clones to determine his opponents' abilities, to determine how
many clones he will really need to defeat them instead of simply wasting
chakra on thousands of clones.[46]
Despite the risks of Naruto's chakra being drained faster by Kurama whenever he uses the Shadow Clone Technique while in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode,
Naruto did use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to scatter
throughout the battlefield, although he didn't create as many as he
normally does.[47][48]

Summoning Technique

Naruto using the Summoning Technique.
Naruto was first taught how to use the Summoning Technique by Jiraiya. After allowing Naruto to sign the summoning contract with the toads of Mount Myōboku,
Jiraiya took Naruto through the execution of the technique in order to
provide Naruto with allies in future battles. Additionally, Jiraiya's
other motivation to teaching Naruto how to summon was to help Naruto to
realise and take advantage of Kurama's chakra.
The type of toads that Naruto can summon at any time is
proportional to his chakra and skill, as when he first started out he
could only summon tadpoles. At first, Naruto had a hard time getting any
specific toad, as he summoned either Gamakichi or Gamatatsu. But when he used Kurama's chakra, or when he was truly motivated, Naruto was able to summon the toad boss, Gamabunta. Naruto is also capable of summoning Gamahiro to use Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique.

Rasengan

Naruto using the Rasengan.
Created by the Fourth Hokage and taught to him by Jiraiya, the Rasengan
is Naruto's second and strongest signature technique. While the
Rasengan is a one-handed technique, Naruto required the use of two to
form it due to his poor chakra control, thus using a clone to form the
"shell" of the sphere. Despite this, Naruto has used the Rasengan
effectively in almost every one of his fights after mastering it. The
Rasengan holds an advantage over its counterpart, the Chidori,
in only requiring chakra control to form, while the Chidori uses so
much chakra that it can only be used a few times a day. Naruto has
mastered the Rasengan to a degree that he can do it almost
instantaneously.[49] He is now able to create larger Rasengan without the use of natural energy or Kurama's chakra.[50]
The Rasengan, like the Shadow Clone Technique, would be the base of several original techniques created by Naruto, such as the Big Ball Rasengan, a larger and more powerful version of the Rasengan. He has also created the Wind Release: Rasengan and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken after his wind training, and after his senjutsu training, the Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan, Sage Technique: Spiralling Serial Spheres and Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan. He has also demonstrated the combined use of his shadow clones and the Rasengan, resulting in the Sage Art: Many Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Serial Spheres,
in which Naruto and his shadow clones can each use a Rasengan many
times their own size against a single target. Because of the risk of
using the Shadow Clone Technique while in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto instead uses the shroud's chakra arms to help him create new Rasengan variants, such as the Spiralling Strife Spheres, the Spiralling Absorption Sphere and the Planetary Rasengan for example. He has yet to complete the technique related to the Tailed Beast Ball: the Tailed Beast Rasengan.[51]
Due to the unique nature of the Rasengan in Naruto movies,
Naruto creates a new type of Rasengan, often facilitated by a character
in the movie, or a unique property present in the movie.

Naruto using the Wind Release: Rasengan.
After failing to bring Sasuke back to Konoha for the second time,
Naruto went through elemental training where he discovered that he had
an affinity to wind.
By incorporating his wind affinity with the Rasengan, which was
originally intended to be combined with a nature element, he would
greatly increase the technique's power and range. The wind nature
compliments a fighter like Naruto, as the wind nature is a great match
for short-range fighters. By focusing his wind chakra, Naruto can go as
far as cutting objects with just his chakra. During his training to use
his Wind Release, Asuma Sarutobi taught him how to channel it through his weapons.
Naruto had learned nature transformation to upgrade his Rasengan, which he achieved with the Wind Release: Rasengan and the Rasenshuriken,
combining peak levels of both shape and nature manipulation originally
deemed impossible without natural talent or instinct. The Rasenshuriken
was capable of slicing into the victim and cutting them at a cellular
level faster than a Sharingan
can see it. However, it caused similar damage to his own arm, as it is
still a hand-held technique, despite its name. After his senjutsu
training, he completed the Rasenshuriken. He could increase its power
and attack radius, to the point where when one exploded it took up half
the area of a mountain-range, or reduce Human Path
to just the top of its head. The speed of the Rasenshuriken is so great
it could cross an entire mountain-range in a single second. In Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto can create a miniature Rasenshuriken, using two small chakra arms on his forefinger.

Collaboration Techniques

Wind Release: Toad Gun.Collaboration Jutsu
entail techniques that are comprised of at least two or more techniques
that, when initiated with the right timing, one will feed into each
other to become a technique of greater power than the sum of its parts.
Naruto was introduced to the subject by Jiraiya in the anime, in order
for him to synchronise with a toad, and develop a collaboration
technique. Naruto eventually managed to synchronise with Gamakichi and
Gamatatsu developing the Wind Release: Toad Gun, and the stronger Wind Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet. The stronger version had enough power to temporarily knock out the Three-Tails. Naruto has also done collaboration techniques with both Gamabunta and Yamato.

Senjutsu

Naruto in Sage Mode.
After Jiraiya's death at the hands of Pain, Naruto began training with Fukasaku in Mount Myōboku to learn senjutsu and how to enter Sage Mode.
In order to achieve this, Naruto had to learn to sense and control the
natural energy around him. Once mastered, Naruto was able to perfect the
Rasenshuriken, so that he could throw it, and learn Frog Kata,
a taijutsu style that uses the natural energy around the user to
enhance the range and the potency of their attacks. In Sage Mode,
Naruto's overall physical abilities are dramatically enhanced to the
point where he could throw entities much larger than himself with little
to no effort, including the Animal Path's Giant Rhino
and Kurama. His durability increased to the point where he could fall
on a bed of spikes and not even be damaged, as well as surviving the
Giant Rhino's charge despite it tearing up the land behind him with its
impact. His speed increases to a point where he was able to intercept a
charging Asura Path, which had been using its chakra boots
to attack Tsunade, create a Rasengan and slam it down before it could
even react, showing him covering considerable distance in a short amount
of time. Also while in Sage Mode, Naruto gains a sensory ability to
detect and identify other people's chakra from very long distances. His sensing abilities have also enabled him to predict the movements of his enemies for easy retaliation.
However, Naruto had two flaws in his senjutsu training: To mould
natural energy, the user must remain absolutely still, something one
cannot do while in combat; and because of Kurama, Shima and Fukasaku
were unable to fuse
with Naruto to mould it for him. To counter this, Naruto had to leave
two shadow clones in a safe place to mould the natural energy for him.
Once he depleted his current amount of senjutsu chakra, he would dispel
one of the clones and use the natural energy it had gathered to re-enter
Sage Mode. However, this method limits the maximum number of shadow
clones that Naruto can create to five. Any more would interfere with the
focus of the clones' gathering natural energy. However, this limit in
shadow clones ceases should Naruto decide to go all out during a fight
and forget having any clones store natural energy for him.
Also, Naruto had been training to extend the time he could remain in
Sage Mode. His skill with Sage Mode has increased greatly where he only
needs a couple moments to enter it.
During his battle with Kurama within his subconscious, Naruto and his
large group of shadow clones entered Sage Mode (though it appeared that
his "physical self" was able to enter Sage Mode in his meditative state,
then his "mental self" reflected the act as well as all of his shadow
clones). This is possibly a reverse on how Naruto got past his original
five minute limit by having a clone transfer the already balanced
senjutsu chakra to him.

Although Naruto's intelligence is greatly downplayed for most of the
series, his skills in deception and strategy are actually extremely
high, which according to Kakashi, is thanks to his cunning and
imagination as a former prankster, allowing him to fool perceptive and
dangerous jōnin-level shinobi like Zabuza Momochi in Part I and even defeat S-rank ninja such as Kakuzu and Pain
in Part II. He also possesses the ability to formulate complex plans in
the midst of battle. Naruto's strategies typically involve shadow
clones; either directing his opponent's attentions towards one of his
clones to disguise his own movements, transforming them into various
shapes (such as shuriken) to allow for surprise attacks, or making
himself seem predictable by creating a pattern, just to surprise them by
breaking it (examples being when Naruto fooled Neji and Kakuzu into
thinking the shadow clone furthest away from danger was the real him, or
variations using the Shadow Shuriken Technique).
His deceptive skills were first best displayed in Team 7's first
battle against Zabuza; he came up with the strategy to disguise himself
as the Fūma Shuriken in order to free Kakashi from Zabuza's Water Prison Technique.
During the preliminaries of the Chūnin Exams, Naruto was even able to
get around Kiba's sensitive nose by fooling him visually. His skills in
deception were shown to have grown exponentially during his battle with
Pain, allowing him to prevail through an elaborate and highly
unpredictable array of back-up plans, such as transforming his clones to
mimic the environment. He also used the Shadow Shuriken Technique and the Transformation Technique to turn himself into a Rasenshuriken to temporarily neutralise the Preta Path while his real Rasenshuriken went to attack the Deva Path, while a clone attacked the Naraka Path from above with a Sage Technique: Spiralling Serial Spheres. When Naruto caught his second wind against Kurama to bypass its hatred completely, he systematically used the Sage Art: Many Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Serial Spheres, Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and his mother's chakra chains to push Kurama's chakra out of its body from a safe distance to absorb it into his own body. During his fight with the Third Raikage, knowing the speed of the Raikage
is great, he tricks the Raikage into dodging the first Rasenshuriken,
his true intentions being to use Kurama's chakra arm to redirect it and
throw it at him from behind. Even after the second attempt fails, Naruto
still has the where-with-all to attack the Kage with a third at point
blank range before he can even get decent footing to dodge. After
speaking with Gyūki
about his battle with the Third Raikage he deduced that the latter
injured himself with his own Nukite and used this to his advantage by
slamming a Rasengan to the side of his arm forcing the Raikage to impale
himself with his own technique. When he learned the location of the chakra receivers on Tobi's Six Paths of Pain, he immediately formed a plan to eliminate them. Testing it out on Rōshi, he nearly destroyed the chakra receiver if not for Han's interference.[58] He then forms a two-fold plan to release Son Gokū from Tobi's control, attacking from the outside in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, pulling the receiver, while using Sage Mode from the inside to try to push it out.[59]
Naruto can also be quite innovative, using his clones to master
advanced techniques. Examples of this include a two-man Rasengan,
three-man Rasenshuriken, using clones to perform senjutsu and using
chakra arms to perform the Tailed Beast Rasengan.

Naruto, labelled as his classes 'Dead-Last', once again failing to graduate from the Ninja Academy. Disappointed that his plans of becoming Hokage have hit another hurdle, Naruto was approached by one of his instructors, Mizuki. Mizuki told Naruto that, if he could steal the Scroll of Seals from the Hokage Residence
and learn one of the techniques written in it, then he would be allowed
to graduate. Naruto did so, and began struggling to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, unaware that the village was now looking for him.
Iruka
tracked him down, and discovered Mizuki's involvement in the theft,
realising that Naruto had been duped by Mizuki, in an effort to steal
the scroll. Mizuki attacked them, and told Naruto about the Nine-Tails
sealed within him, claiming that Iruka hated him because of it. When
Iruka risked his life to protect Naruto, however, Naruto realised that
Mizuki's earlier words were a lie, and created hundreds of shadow clones
to beat Mizuki to a pulp. For mastering such a difficult technique,
Iruka allowed Naruto to graduate.
In the days to come, Naruto befriended Konohamaru Sarutobi
and became his on-off teacher, showing him how to perform a variety of
both perverted and useful techniques throughout the rest of the series.
He was also assigned to Team 7, where he was partnered with Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, under the leadership of Kakashi Hatake.
As the team's first order of business, Kakashi gave them a test to see if they were ready to become genin.
He had the three of them try to take the two bells he kept on his
person, the goal of the test being to place teamwork above the fact that
they couldn't all have a bell. Although they initially failed
miserably, all trying independently to take a bell, they eventually
decided to work together, allowing them to pass.

After completing a number of simple, uneventful missions, Team 7, at
Naruto's insistence, was assigned the somewhat more difficult C-rank task of escorting Tazuna to the Land of Waves. When they were attacked by the Demon Brothers
along the way, who tried to kill Tazuna, they realised that there was
more to this mission than a simple escort. Tazuna revealed that his
country was under the control of Gatō, who had left the people poor and unable to afford the more accurate A-rank
mission payment. By building a bridge that would connect the Land of
Waves to the mainland, Tazuna hoped to free the country from Gatō,
prompting Gatō to try and kill him. Team 7 decided to help Tazuna, and
act as his bodyguards until the bridge was completed.
They were soon attacked by Zabuza Momochi,
another of Gatō's assassins, who engaged Kakashi in battle. When Zabuza
captured Kakashi, he encouraged his team to escape with Tazuna. Having
been of little use during the battle with the Demon Brothers, Naruto
resolved to help Kakashi. With Sasuke's assistance, they were able to
free Kakashi, who in turn almost defeated Zabuza. However, Haku, disguised as a hunter-nin,
intervened, and appeared to kill Zabuza first, in actuality only
putting him in a death-like state in order to get him to safety. Kakashi
suspected that Zabuza was still alive, and gave Team 7 a Tree Climbing Practice
to improve their chakra control. Naruto and Sasuke developed a
competition over the exercise, each determined to complete the training
first, and subsequently motivating each other to do better.
While Naruto was resting from training one day, he encountered
Haku, unaware that it was the same boy he had encountered earlier. The
two had a conversation about those who were precious to them, and the
lengths they would go to protect them. After Haku left, Naruto finished
the training, but was left so tired that the rest of Team 7 allowed him
to rest the next day as they went to escort Tazuna. When he woke up, he
went to assist them, only to find that they were in the midst of battle
with Zabuza and Haku.
Naruto's first use of the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Naruto went to help Sasuke in his battle with Haku, but they were both trapped by Haku's Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.
When Haku tried to use a volley of needles to kill Naruto, Sasuke
stepped in to protect him, appearing to die instead. Enraged by the
apparent death of Sasuke, Naruto tapped into the Nine-Tails' chakra,
allowing him to destroy the ice mirrors, and subsequently defeat Haku.
Before he could kill Haku, however, the mask he was wearing broke away,
revealing the face of the boy Naruto had met earlier. Naruto stopped
himself, but Haku asked that he should finish the job, since he could no
longer be of use to Zabuza. Although Naruto tried to comply, Haku
stopped him at the last minute, and went to help Zabuza. When Naruto
realised what had happened - that Haku had given his life to save an
ungrateful Zabuza - an outraged Naruto reprimanded Zabuza for not
appreciating Haku's actions. Touched by his words, Zabuza killed Gatō to
repent in an effort to do Haku justice, but died of his wounds. The
bridge (now named the Great Naruto Bridge)
was completed, and the Land of Waves was saved. With a recovered
Sasuke, Team 7 returned to the Konoha. On their way home, Naruto
remarked to Kakashi that, even though Haku and Zabuza were their
enemies, he still liked them.

After returning home and completing a few other simple missions, Team 7 was entered into the Chūnin Exams.
In the first phase, a written test, the participating genin were tasked
with completing the test by cheating, all the while being sure not to
get caught. Though the rest of the examinees realised this, Naruto did
not, and struggled to answer the questions, which were far beyond his
comprehension. Hinata Hyūga,
who was sitting next to him, offered to allow him to copy off her
paper, but he refused, in fear that she would get caught. Naruto was
forced to rely on getting the tenth question correct to pass. When faced
with the prospect of correctly answering the question to proceed,
failing and never being allowed to take the test again, or giving up to
try it again during the next exams, Naruto insisted on answering the
question, stating that, even if he got it wrong, he would still become
Hokage. The willingness to face the unknown being the answer to the
tenth question, Naruto and the rest of Team 7 were allowed to proceed to
the second phase.
For the second phase, Team 7 was sent into the Forest of Death
with one scroll, tasked to obtain a second scroll from another team and
arrive at the forest's centre before the phase ended. Soon after
entering the forest, they were attacked by Orochimaru,
who immobilised Sasuke and Sakura with his murderous intent. Before
Sasuke could forfeit their scroll in exchange for their lives, Naruto
intervened, fighting Orochimaru by tapping into the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Orochimaru rendered Naruto unconscious by restricting access
to the Nine-Tails' chakra, but Naruto's courage inspired Sasuke to
fight in his place. After Orochimaru was driven off and Naruto awakened,
he tried to open their scroll what was forbidden, but he was stopped by
Kabuto Yakushi, who disguised himself as Konoha ninja. Team 7 and Kabuto encountered Team Oboro. After wasting a day trapped in the rival team's genjutsu, Team 7 was able to defeat them, take their scroll, and pass the round.
Naruto vs. Kiba and Akamaru.
Because too many genin teams had passed the second phase, a round of
preliminary matches, where genin faced each other in combat, were held
to thin the field. After watching the first few rounds, Naruto was
matched against Kiba Inuzuka, and his dog, Akamaru.
Remembering Naruto to be talentless from their days in the academy,
Kiba believed it would be an easy match. He and Akamaru double-teamed
Naruto, who initially had difficulty with the match. After combining the
Transformation Technique
with his shadow clones to turn Kiba and Akamaru against each other,
Naruto was able to remove Akamaru from the competition. When Kiba was
about to defeat him, Naruto farted, immobilising Kiba and his heightened
sense of smell, and making him an easy target for the Uzumaki Naruto Combo which he invented watching Sasuke's Lion Combo. Naruto won the match.
Naruto's first encounter with the Nine-Tails.
While watching the remaining matches, Naruto witnessed Neji Hyūga's
ruthless treatment of his cousin, Hinata. Angered by Neji's actions and
claims that Hinata was a failure who couldn't escape her fate, Naruto
vowed to defeat Neji during the first round of the finals a month later.
In the meantime, Naruto started training with Ebisu to improve his chakra control. When Ebisu was knocked out by Jiraiya,
Naruto forced Jiraiya to train him in his place. Jiraiya, noticing that
Naruto was the container of the Nine-Tails, and the restrictive seal
Orochimaru had placed on him earlier, Jiraiya removed
the seal to ease his chakra control. He then taught him how to take
advantage of the Nine-Tails' chakra by showing him how to use the Summoning Technique to summon toads.
Because Naruto had troubles with it, Jiraiya pushed him from the cliff,
hoping to provoke Naruto to use Nine-Tails' chakra. When falling,
Naruto met with the Nine-Tails in his subconscious and convinced it to
lend him its chakra. Thanks to that, he was able to summon Gamabunta, landing on the toad's back. After a short argue with the giant toad, he had to be hospitalised due to the chakra loss. In the hospital he met Shikamaru Nara and the two encountered Gaara who was going to kill Rock Lee. Gaara told them about the One-Tailed Shukaku sealed within him and tried to kill both of them, but they were saved by the coming of Might Guy.
Naruto vs. Neji.
When his match against Neji began, Naruto appeared to be at a
disadvantage. Although he was able to overwhelm Neji with shadow clones,
none of the clones could manage to land a hit. Convinced that Naruto
was a failure that could not defeat a genius like himself, Neji used his
Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
to cut off Naruto's chakra supply. Determined to prove Neji wrong,
Naruto tapped into the Nine-Tails' reserves and, revitalised, clashed
with Neji. When the smoke cleared, Neji emerged, Naruto appearing to
have been defeated. This, however, was only a shadow clone, and the real
Naruto burst from the ground beneath Neji, to deliver an uppercut and
defeat him. Neji was taken away, contemplating the fact that fate was
not predetermined, since a failure could beat a genius, while Naruto
watched the remaining matches. When Sasuke fought Gaara, he was envious
of Sasuke's improvements, but the fight was interrupted by the beginning
of the invasion of Konoha.

Naruto was put to sleep when the invasion began, but was awakened by
Sakura so that they could go after Sasuke, who was pursuing Gaara in
order to continue their fight. They caught up in time to stop Gaara from
killing Sasuke. Intrigued by Naruto's abilities, Gaara forced him into
battle by threatening to kill Sakura. With the power of the Shukaku,
Gaara tried to prove his existence by killing Naruto by playing with
him. Although Naruto could relate to Gaara's life as a jinchūriki, he
was not willing to allow anything to happen to Sakura and Sasuke. With
the Nine-Tails' chakra, he summoned Gamabunta, and fought Gaara, who by
now had progressed to his full Shukaku form.
Naruto defeats Gaara.
Naruto was able to awaken Gaara from his technique and reseal
Shukaku, and they exchanged final blows, with Naruto emerging the final
blow. Both of them, being very exhausted, fell to the ground and Naruto
crawled his way towards Gaara, who was shocked to see why Naruto was so
strong. Naruto explained that he had also suffered a relentless lonely
life, but was later saved by having friends. Gaara understood, and
retreated with Kankurō and Temari, while Naruto was returned back to Konohagakure with Sakura and Sasuke.
Days passed, and Naruto and the rest of the shinobi came to a ceremony to respect the death of the Third Hokage and his sacrifice for the village.

After the failed invasion resulted in the death of the Third Hokage,
Jiraiya was tasked with finding a Fifth Hokage. He convinced Naruto to
come with him by promising to teach him a new technique that would be
stronger than Sasuke's Chidori. Along the way, they were met by Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha, two members of Akatsuki,
who sought to capture Naruto for the Nine-Tails sealed within him.
Jiraiya was able to draw them off, but Naruto was introduced to the
organisation that would become more of a problem for him in Part II. To
prepare him for their future encounters, Jiraiya taught him how to use
the Rasengan,
a technique created by Minato. While Naruto was able to complete the
first two steps of the learning process with little difficulty, he
struggled to complete the third and thus master the technique.
Naruto and Jiraiya eventually found Tsunade,
the ideal candidate for the position of Fifth Hokage. When she turned
down the offer, and insulted all those who had previously held the
title, an angry Naruto challenged her to a fight and attacked her with
an incomplete Rasengan. Although his effort failed to hit her, she was
surprised by his progress and made a bet with him: if he could master
the technique in a week, she would give him her necklace, but if he couldn't, she would take his money and his frog wallet, Gama-chan.
Naruto agreed, and started practising, but in a week's time, he still
had yet to finish the training. Disappointed, Tsunade met with
Orochimaru, the murderer of the Third Hokage, and Naruto, Jiraiya, and Shizune, Tsunade's assistant, tried to stop her from helping him.
Naruto using the Rasengan for the first time on Kabuto.
Tsunade turned out to have no intention of helping Orochimaru, and fought him and his assistant, Kabuto Yakushi.
When Kabuto left her unable to fight, Naruto came to her aid. Although
he was getting beaten by Kabuto and Tsunade told him to run, Naruto
refused and by using shadow clones to help him form it, Naruto was able
to hit Kabuto with a perfected Rasengan, defeating Kabuto and winning
the bet. Amazed by his determination to keep to his word and to survive
against a superior opponent, Tsunade gave him her necklace, drove off
Orochimaru and Kabuto, and accepted the position of Fifth Hokage. They
returned to Konoha, Tsunade confidently believing Naruto would someday
become a great Hokage.

In the anime, after Sasuke was healed by Tsunade, Team 7 was assigned a mission to escort someone in the Land of Tea without Kakashi. Early in the mission, they encountered their client, Idate Morino.
Though Idate did not insist in having aid during the race, Naruto and
the rest still agreed, as that was what they were told to do. Near the
end of the race, a shinobi known as Aoi Rokushō interfered, and attacked them suddenly. After Sasuke began to lose, Naruto came to his aid with the Rasengan, destroying Aoi's sword
and defeating him (albeit Sasuke's Chidori made a crack in Aoi's
sword). Naruto wanted to help Sakura and Sasuke up. She called Naruto an
idiot and let Idate finish the race, Idate gave Naruto a knife holder,
Naruto cut the rope. Then, carrying Idate, Naruto ran up the wall
exclaiming that he was almost out of chakra. While Sakura helped Sasuke
up, Naruto guided Idate at the final peek of the finish line. Naruto let
Idate finish the race on his own, which Idate successfully did. After
that, Ibiki Morino,
the brother of Idate, sent in the ship for Team 7's departure. Naruto
and the rest said their goodbyes to Idate and returned to Konoha.

After returning with Tsunade (in the anime, after returning from the
mission in the Land of Tea), Sasuke began to fall into the corruption
set in place for him by Orochimaru. He began lashing out at Sakura and
Naruto, not as team-mates but as enemies, eventually defecting from
Konoha in order to seek out Orochimaru for power. Under the escort of
Orochimaru's Sound Four, Sasuke left to join Orochimaru, and Naruto joined a retrieval team
that would bring him back; he also made a promise to Sakura that he
will bring Sasuke back at all cost. While the other members of the team
dealt with the Sound Four, Naruto finally engaged in a fight with the
Sound Four's fifth member, Kimimaro.
However, he was not able to beat him even with Nine Tails-enhanced
shadow clones. When Naruto was about to be killed, he was saved by Rock
Lee, who told him to continue the pursuit of Sasuke while he fought
Kimimaro.
Sasuke and Naruto face off.
Naruto finally caught up with Sasuke in a place called Valley of the End, very near the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Sound,
and fought Sasuke. With Sasuke determined that he would kill Naruto in
his quest for power, Naruto decided he would have to take the battle
seriously if he was to bring Sasuke back. When Sasuke's drive to kill
proved greater than Naruto's resolve of friendship in a 'fair' fight,
Naruto tapped into the Nine-Tails' chakra to level the playing field,
allowing him to batter around Sasuke. Sasuke, pushed to his limits,
managed to develop the mature Sharingan, greatly overpowering Naruto.
When Naruto, even with the Nine-Tails' chakra, was defeated, he tapped
into the chakra even more, and a red aura of the Nine-Tails' chakra, in the shape of a fox, surrounded him. Sasuke then drew on the power of the second stage of his cursed seal to properly compete with Naruto.
Naruto clashing with Sasuke.
The two had one final clash, Naruto with his Rasengan (enhanced by the Nine-Tails' chakra) and Sasuke with his Chidori
(empowered by the cursed seal). Upon contact, a giant, black energy
dome formed and surrounded them. In the dome, Sasuke struck Naruto in
the stomach, while Naruto scratched Sasuke's headband, proving the
latter's earlier taunt of the subject wrong. Sasuke won the fight, but
after staring at the unconscious Naruto, he couldn't bring himself to
kill his best friend, so he simply continued on his way to Orochimaru.
Kakashi and Pakkun
didn't come in time to get Sasuke, and left with Naruto. In the
hospital, Naruto vowed to Sakura that he would someday bring Sasuke
home. Soon after, Jiraiya arrived suddenly, telling Naruto to train with
him for three years prior. He also told him to give up on Sasuke, as he
is no different from Orochimaru. Naruto accepts training with Jiraiya,
but rejects to giving up Sasuke. In the manga, right after this, Naruto
departs, but in the anime, he stays for awhile, doing numerous filler
arc missions.

Naruto sets off with Jiraiya.
After the original Naruto anime had concluded the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, to make sure the anime did not over take Part II
of the manga, the makers instead animated several filler arcs to take
place before Naruto left for his three year training with Jiraiya. Naruto is sent on various missions with the other members of the Konoha 11,
but while there is little character development for himself, the filler
arcs tend to develop the supporting characters, as well as Gaara. The
final filler arc was right before Naruto's departure with Jiraiya,
though in the manga, this was right after the Sasuke Retrieval Arc.

Naruto in Part II.
When Naruto returned to Konoha, the remaining members of Team 7 were
reorganised into Team Kakashi. As their first order of business, Kakashi
gave them another bell test, this time the only goal being to take a
bell, and that he would use his Sharingan
against them. Although their abilities had improved, Naruto and Sakura
were still unable to beat Kakashi, and it was only by threatening to
spoil the end of the latest Icha Icha
novel that they distracted Kakashi long enough to take the bells.
Naruto reconnected with his old friends, who had all advanced to chūnin-rank or higher, and then heard that Gaara, the new Kazekage, had been kidnapped by Akatsuki. Naruto and Team Kakashi set out for Sunagakure to save him.
Upon arrival in Sunagakure, Chiyo was added to Team Kakashi as an adviser, and they followed Akatsuki's trail. Along the way, they encountered a body-double of Itachi Uchiha,
which engaged them in battle. Kakashi and Naruto teamed up in order to
defeat the lookalike, before continuing onto the Akatsuki lair. There,
they found Gaara's body in the possession of Deidara and Sasori.
When Deidara flew off with Gaara, Naruto and Kakashi pursued him,
leaving Sasori to Chiyo and Sakura. While initially unable to catch
Deidara, Kakashi was able to use his Mangekyō Sharingan
to distract Deidara, giving Naruto an opportunity to attack him and
retrieve Gaara. Deidara escaped, and Naruto and Kakashi reunited with
Sakura and Chiyo.
Gaara awakens, with Naruto by his side.
Although Sakura tried to heal Gaara, he had already died, a casualty of Akatsuki's tailed beast extraction-process.
Angered that Gaara had died because he was a jinchūriki, something he
had never asked for and had suffered because of his whole life, Naruto
lashed out at Chiyo, the one who had sealed the One-Tailed Shukaku
into Gaara in the first place. To make up for what she had done, Chiyo,
with the help of Naruto, restored Gaara back to life, at the cost of
her own. Gaara awakened surrounded by his rescue party and the ninja
from Sunagakure. After Chiyo's funeral, Naruto and Gaara finally shake
hands (Gaara insisting), as a sign to their close relationship.
Afterward, Team Kakashi and Team Guy returned to Konoha.

The reborn Team Kakashi.
During Sakura's battle with Sasori, she learned of a spy in
Orochimaru's inner circle, an opportunity for them to find Sasuke after
his years of absence. Kakashi was left hospitalised from overuse of the
Mangekyō Sharingan, so Yamato was assigned to lead Team Kakashi in his place. Sai was also added to the team as Sasuke's replacement, but neither Naruto nor Sakura were able to accept him as such.
En route to the meeting place with the spy, Yamato tried to get
the team to work together, although Sai's personality and disdain for
his predecessor caused only conflict amongst the team. When they arrived
at the meeting spot, they found that the spy was Kabuto. Yamato,
disguised as Sasori, spoke with him, but they were interrupted by the
arrival of Orochimaru. Kabuto, in turn, turned against Yamato, who was
forced to call Naruto and the others for back-up. Surprised to see
Naruto, Orochimaru wondered aloud if Naruto had become as strong as "his
Sasuke". Enraged that Orochimaru had spoken as if Sasuke belonged to
him, Naruto entered his three-tailed form, and attacked him.
While a fair match, Orochimaru was able to evade Naruto's
attacks. Further provoked by his inability to land a debilitating blow,
Naruto advanced to his four-tailed form,
losing his sense of self in his anger. Now a danger to Orochimaru,
Naruto was forced back so that he could switch targets, his first being
Sakura. Yamato restrained him before he could do any real harm, and
forced the Nine-Tails' influence to recede. When he woke up, they found
that Sai had joined up with Orochimaru. They followed him in the hopes
that he would lead them to Sasuke, and to see what he was up to. During a
break, Yamato took Naruto aside, and told him of how he had attacked
Sakura, encouraging him not to rely on the Nine-Tails if he really
wanted to protect those close to him.
When they arrived at Orochimaru's hideout, they infiltrated the
lair, and captured Sai. Exposed, Sai revealed that his superiors had
sent him to help organise another invasion of Konoha. He was restrained
for his treachery, while the others went looking for Sasuke. Sai, having
earlier met Sasuke, asked why Naruto was so determined to bring him
back. Naruto explained that the two had a bond that couldn't be broken,
and that he would risk his life to protect this bond. Intrigued, Sai
switched sides, helping them to capture Kabuto and then scouring the
base in order to reunite Sasuke with Naruto. He succeeded, but was
attacked by Sasuke, the magnitude of which drew the rest of Team Yamato
to their location.
Sasuke draws his blade on Naruto.
Together again, Naruto and Sakura tried to convince Sasuke to come
home. Still determined to gain power, he refused, prompting the team to
use force. Their efforts were unsuccessful, and Naruto, who was
exhausted from his fight with Orochimaru in his four-tailed form, wasn't
able to compete with Sasuke's growth. Within his subconscious, the
Nine-Tails began to offer Naruto its chakra, but he firmly rejected its
assistance. The Nine-Tails became contemptuous at Naruto, mocking him
that if it wasn't for its power, he would be nothing. It then tried to
tempt Naruto to break the seal so it can "grant" him all of its power,
but he still refused. However, before their quarrel could escalate any
further, Sasuke, with his Sharingan activated, suddenly appeared within
Naruto's subconscious, which surprised both Naruto and the Nine-Tails.
As the Nine-Tails criticised Sasuke for being similar to Madara Uchiha,
Sasuke coldly reacted by using his Sharingan to suppress the Nine-Tails
back into its cage, to which it never thought that he was quite capable
of that feat. The Nine-Tails concluded that this was probably its last
meeting with Sasuke, so it warned him not to kill Naruto, for he would
only end up regretting it. Back in the real world, Sasuke tried to
finish off his former, defeated team-mates, but he was stopped by
Orochimaru and they retreated, leaving Team Yamato to return home.

In the anime, Team Yamato was sent on a mission to the Fire Temple. There they met Sora,
a young monk who openly disliked Naruto. Despite this, Sora was added
to their team to help investigate the grave-robbing of a number of
former Twelve Guardian Ninja.
Soon after the investigation began, Naruto noticed that the other monks
treated Sora much as the villagers of Konoha used to treat him: as an
outcast sentenced to loneliness. Naruto asked him about this, but Sora
only replied that he didn't blame them.
Upon finding the grave robbers, Naruto was forced into battle with Fūka, a woman that kept trying to kiss
Naruto. Through the use of shadow clones, he was able to escape her
advances, only to find out that she was a master of all five types of
elemental technique. Soon afterwards, she managed to kiss him, an act
that sucked all the chakra from his body. Once his normal chakra was
gone, however, she began sucking out the Nine-Tails' chakra, a force she
couldn't handle, and was promptly overwhelmed by. She retreated with
her team, and Team Yamato returned to Konoha, with Sora as a temporary
substitute for Sai.
Naruto continued to try and befriend Sora, only for his and the
efforts of others in Konoha being turned away. When later following
Sora, Naruto found him to be trying to kill Asuma and Tsunade. After stopping him, Naruto asked why Sora was being so hostile. He discovered that Asuma had killed Sora's father.
Asuma soon arrived to try and explain, but Sora ran off. Naruto once
again followed him, but was stopped by Fūka. Forced into battle with her
again, Naruto attacked, only to find that she was apparently
regenerating from her injuries. Upon noticing that she had stopped using
certain elements, Naruto realised that Fūka somehow had multiple
bodies, and that each had its own affinity which she could switch
between. Coming to the conclusion that her soul resided in her hair,
Naruto destroyed all of Fūka's bodies before destroying her hair too,
allowing him to follow Sora uninhibited.
Naruto in his three-tailed form tries to hold down Sora in his four-tailed form.
When he arrived back in Konoha, Naruto discovered that not only was
Sora's father still alive, but that he was behind the various
grave-robbings. The more pressing matter, however, was that he had,
years earlier, sealed some of the excess chakra, left behind during the
Nine-Tails' attack, into Sora, and sought to use its power to destroy
Konoha. As Sora lost control of the Nine-Tails' chakra within him,
Naruto also struggled to control the Nine-Tails' attempt to create a
four-tailed form. He was able to maintain his senses, however, and
forced the Nine-Tails' influence to recede, and was able to get through
to Sora to help him return to normal as well. The Nine-Tails' chakra was
expelled from Sora's body and, finally free, he said goodbye to Naruto
before setting out to explore the world.

Kakashi, hoping to make Naruto better prepared for his next encounter with Sasuke, trained him to create a new wind-based
technique. In the anime, this training began before, and continued
throughout, the Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc, with Naruto seeking
assistance from Asuma and Sora, two other wind chakra users. Kakashi had
Naruto train with shadow clones to master wind manipulation in only a
fraction of the time. When he did this, Kakashi left him with the task
of combining what he had learned with the Rasengan. He explained that
infusing one's chakra nature with the Rasengan was what Minato had
intended to do when he created the Rasengan, but had not been able to do
so before he died. Kakashi believed Naruto would prove successful where
his father could not, inspiring Naruto to do his best.
Naruto preparing his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
While he struggled to create his new Rasengan, the rest of Konoha mobilised to deal with the Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu. When the two managed to kill Asuma, Kakashi left Yamato in charge of overseeing Naruto's training so that he could help Team 10
avenge Asuma. Once he achieved a usable technique, Naruto and Team
Yamato went to provide assistance, arriving in time to save Kakashi and
Team 10 from Kakuzu. Naruto engaged Kakuzu by himself with his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken,
created with the help of shadow clones. Once striking Kakuzu with the
attack, two of his hearts were destroyed, and his final heart was left
on the brink of failure. Tired out by the ordeal, Naruto's injuries were
healed while Kakashi finished off Kakuzu.
Upon returning to Konoha, Naruto was forbidden by Tsunade to use
the Rasenshuriken again. While it was devastating to his opponents, it
caused minor injuries to Naruto's arm as well. Even though they weren't
as bad as his opponent’s injuries, it was harmful enough to cause the
arm to be beyond medical repair if performed again with contact of his
hand and the opponent, endangering him and his hopes of remaining a
ninja. Naruto said that he realised this, but claimed he understood his
own body better than anyone else.

In the anime, while still recovering from over-using his
Rasenshuriken, Jiraiya appeared to congratulate his student's latest
successes: defeating one of the Akatsuki members and completing Minato's
technique. Jiraiya offered to take Naruto on another journey to train,
which Naruto quickly agreed to. In truth, Jiraiya's main reason for
taking Naruto from Konoha again was so he would not join Kakashi and Team 8
on their mission to find Orochimaru's latest hideout. For their
training, they went to a neighbouring town to teach Naruto how to use collaboration jutsu with toads. Gamariki was initially summoned to help in this endeavour, but when Naruto proved unable to work with him, Gamakichi and Gamatatsu were summoned instead.
Later, while resting at a hot springs, Naruto met a young boy named Yūkimaru.
They talked for a short time about bonds, which made Yūkimaru happy.
When Yūkimaru left, Naruto resumed his training, and started having
success performing synchronised techniques with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu.
Jiraiya was soon called away, so they returned to Konoha, where Naruto
taught Gamatatsu how to perform water-based
techniques. Soon afterwards, he met up with Sai, who let slip that the
rest of the team was about to provide back-up for Kakashi in his search
for Orochimaru. Determined to help, since he might meet Sasuke, Naruto
convinced Tsunade to let him go too.
While searching for Team 8, Naruto ran into Yūkimaru again, and
offered him a chance to join him back at Konoha, in response to which
Yūkimaru quickly disappeared. As Naruto and his team found themselves
halted by Guren's crystal barrier, Naruto summoned Gamakichi and Gamatatsu for help. They then used the Wind Release: Toad Gun
to break through, and on the opposite side found Team 8. When they
noticed that Hinata had been captured, they helped rescue her, before
retreating. The combined teams followed Guren to a lake, where Naruto
was sent ahead to scout the area. He found Guren and her forces (amongst
them being Yūkimaru) with the Three-Tails, who created a tidal wave that drove them all back to shore.
Naruto inside the Three-Tails' mist.
While the team decided what to do with the Three-Tails, Naruto went
off to confront Yūkimaru. He found Guren instead, and they argued over
what would really make Yūkimaru happy. Yūkimaru soon appeared as well,
but after saying that he appreciated Naruto's efforts but would rather
stay with Guren, left with her. Before he could go after them, he was
called back to help with the tailed beast,
his goal being to prevent Guren and her forces from interfering with
its sealing. To his delight, Kakashi also tasked him with safely
retrieving Yūkimaru.
Despite their best efforts, Guren was able to stop the sealing.
Yūkimaru used this as an opportunity to try and control the beast,
prompting both Naruto and Guren to come to his aid. In the process, they
were both eaten by the Three-Tails, giving them an opportunity to talk
and find out they both had Yūkimaru's best interests in mind. Setting
their differences aside, they teamed up to escape. Outside, they found Rinji
trying to drug Yūkimaru. After Naruto and Guren managed to stop Rinji,
they discovered that it was really Kabuto in disguise. Kabuto revealed
that Rinji had become part of his corpse collection long ago, and was
reanimated through his medical ninjutsu.
While Naruto faced off against Kabuto, Rinji was resummoned and
sent up against Guren, whose bat-oriented techniques turned out to be a
perfect counter to Guren's crystal technique. After Guren sacrificed
herself to defeat Rinji, Yūkimaru went into such an emotional outburst
that it gave the Three-Tails the power to break free from the sealing
barrier. Afterwards, with the Three-Tails escaping and Kabuto
disappearing, Naruto went to aid the weakened Yūkimaru. Later, Shizune
was able to heal Yūkimaru, but explained his chakra network was too
damaged to ever control the Three-Tails again.
The following morning, after Tsunade had ordered the team to
return to Konoha, Naruto discovered that Yūkimaru had vanished. After
discovering that Yūkimaru had left his crystal from Guren behind, he
realised that Guren was still alive, and with Yūkimaru. Knowing that the
two would be fine, he decided not to pursue them. While failing to seal
the Three-Tails, the successful saving of Yūkimaru inspired Naruto more
than ever to bring Sasuke back to his true home, with his friends in
Konoha.

After news of Orochimaru's defeat at the hands of Sasuke, Team
Kakashi decided to make another attempt to find him. Knowing that Sasuke
was going after his older brother, Itachi,
they teamed up with the members of Team 8 to find either of the Uchiha
brothers. They scoured the landscape, and eventually encountered Kabuto,
who had absorbed some of Orochimaru's remains into his body. As thanks
to Naruto, his efforts to overcome the Nine-Tails being similar to his
efforts to overcome Orochimaru, Kabuto gave him a book containing some
information on Akatsuki escaping from capture.
Naruto caught in Itachi's genjutsu.
After regrouping and Kiba
picked up on Sasuke's trail, Naruto used a number of shadow clones to
search the area faster. When one of his clones neared what he thought
was Sasuke's location, he found Itachi there instead. Itachi repelled
all of Naruto's attempts to attack him, insisting that he only wanted to
talk. He trapped Naruto in a genjutsu
and, as was later revealed, questioned Naruto on his dedication to
Sasuke and to Konoha. When Naruto insisted that he would protect both at
any cost, Itachi gave Naruto some of his power sealed inside a crow in case he ever needed it. Itachi left, and Naruto continued his search, eventually finding Sasuke.[60]
When the real Naruto and the rest of the team moved to intercept him, they were stopped by Tobi.
Despite their efforts to quickly dispose of Tobi, none of their attacks
worked, and it was only after word reached them that Sasuke had killed
Itachi that they were allowed to continue. Tobi, however, reached Sasuke
first, and having lost the trail, the Konoha-nin were forced to give up
on the search.

In the anime, after failing to reach Sasuke in time, their return trip to Konoha was interrupted by Katsuyu with orders from Tsunade; Team Yamato was to sent to aid the Tsuchigumo clan to protect the clan's kinjutsu, Fury. Upon arriving at the Tsuchigumo clan stronghold, they discovered that the kinjutsu was taken by the former clan leader, En no Gyōja's granddaughter Hotaru. When Team Yamato caught up to her, Naruto attacked the man with her, the Six-Tails' jinchūriki, Utakata, believing him to be the enemy. Upon seeing the Konoha-nin's strength, Utakata left Hotaru in their care and left.
Due to her desire to be taught by Utakata, Hotaru dismissed Team
Yamato's help, but Yamato had a plan to use Sai's technique to drop ink
leeches on their path, forcing the scared Hotaru to reluctantly allow
Naruto to protect her as they travelled to the Tsuchigumo village.
When they arrived, they left Hotaru in the villagers' care, but Naruto,
noting the way the villagers looked at her, went back to make sure she
was alright. However, when Naruto returned, he realised that Hotaru was
captured by bandits and the villagers didn't even care to look for her,
so Naruto and his team left to find her. As Naruto found a group of KirigakureANBUhunter-nin
holding Hotaru hostage and trying to capture Utakata, Naruto attacked
one of the Kiri-nin, freeing Utakata, and tried to bring Hotaru back.
However, before the fight could escalate any further, Yamato and the Kiri ANBU leader, Tsurugi,
decided that for the duration of Team Yamato's mission, Utakata will
remain with Hotaru, and Konoha would not interfere with their capture of
Utakata afterwards, in order to avoid starting an unnecessary war
between Konoha and Kiri. Before departing, Tsurugi told Naruto that
Utakata was wanted for the murder of his master, a revelation that
shocked Hotaru. Despite this, Naruto insisted that Utakata was a good
man and she should not lose faith in him, explaining that as he could
relate with her because he never had parents to look up to either, but
came to respect and cherished his master Jiraiya,
despite many oddities. As they travelled, Hotaru collapsed from the
wound she received from one of the Kiri-nin. While Utakata tended
Hotaru, he instructed Naruto to find the herbs needed to heal her. When
he returned with the herbs, he discovered that Hotaru was made the
literal container of the kinjutsu, not unlike how he was made the
jinchūriki of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
Initially, Naruto was furious to see Hotaru made into a living
weapon, but she told him it was her decision to help revive her clan.
When they arrived at the Tsuchigumo clan stronghold, where Hotaru's
caretaker Tonbee
was being tended to by Sakura, Tonbee told her that the Tsuchigumo clan
is far too weak to ever be restored and believed it best to destroy the
kinjutsu, using a special technique to avoid harming Hotaru, developed
by her grandfather in case the kinjutsu had to be destroyed. However
Hotaru still wished to revive her clan, and asked Naruto to find Shiranami,
who as a student of En no Gyōja who could use the kinjutsu.
Sympathising with Hotaru's desire to follow the dreams of her master,
Naruto asked for two days to find Shiranami. After several failed
attempts, Naruto was told by an old man he met where Shiranami lived.
Naruto stuck in Magaki Group's Multiple Infinite Embraces technique.
Once he entered his home however, Naruto was ambushed by the by the Magaki Group,
and then discovered that Shiranami himself is the leader of the
bandits. Trapped inside a chakra draining barrier, Naruto was rescued by
Utakata, who used the Six-Tails' chakra to send the bandits into
retreat.
Naruto and Utakata in his Protective Bubble Dome.
They tracked Hotaru, who was captured by Shiranami to the Tsuchigumo
village, where the villagers were being controlled by a technique. While
Yamato, Sakura, and Sai held the villagers back, Naruto and Utakata
went to rescue Hotaru.
When they arrived, Shiranami was using Hotaru to gather raw chakra needed to use Fury, and bound the two jinchūriki with his Character Bind Technique.
Both however, used their tailed beasts' chakra to break their bonds and
went in for the attack, only for Shiranami, who has control of the
kinjutsu, to use Fury. However, Fury's full power failed to activate
which caused Shiranami to flee. Naruto tracked Shiranami down and
defeated him with the Rasengan. After the Magaki's defeat, the
Tsuchigumo clan thanked Team Yamato and the group returned to Konoha.

Naruto mourning Jiraiya's death.
When he returned to Konoha, Naruto learned that Jiraiya had died in his battle with the leader of Akatsuki, Pain.
Grief stricken, Naruto blamed Tsunade for his death. He spent the rest
of the day mourning the loss of his teacher, musing over the fact he had
wanted Jiraiya to be there when he became Hokage. After being comforted
by Iruka and Shikamaru, Naruto helped to decipher Jiraiya's dying
message. When the code was broken, Naruto decided to go to train with
the toads to learn senjutsu, knowing that Pain was coming for him and deciding to make the most of the time Jiraiya had bought for him.
To learn senjutsu, Naruto trained to harmonise with nature, a
process he sped up by using a limited amount of shadow clones. He
rapidly progressed through the introductory stages and attained a
perfect Sage Mode, something Jiraiya had never been able to do. Because harmonising with nature cannot be done in the midst of battle, Fukasaku
tried to fuse with Naruto so that he could gather natural energy for
Naruto's use. When the Nine-Tails rejected all of Fukasaku's attempts at
fusion, Naruto was forced to find an alternative: using shadow clones
in a desperate attempt to learn how to gather natural energy while
moving. News of Pain's attack on Konoha soon reached them, and they
mobilised for battle.
Naruto arrives to fight Pain.
Naruto (in Sage Mode), Fukasaku, Gamaken, Gamahiro, Gamabunta, and Gamakichi
were summoned to the centre of Konoha. Naruto did not immediately
recognise the crater he had been summoned to, but then saw the Hokage Monument in the distance. Realising that Pain had destroyed the village, an infuriated Naruto destroyed Pain's Asura Path with a Rasengan before it could attack Tsunade. Naruto said that he could sense everyone's chakra, except Kakashi Hatake's
and asks if he was away on a mission. He received no response and
understood that his sensei had been killed. Naruto told Tsunade to make
sure none of the other villagers intervened in the battle.
Pain's Animal Path
summoned a number of animals to attack Naruto, who used the increased
strength granted to him by Sage Mode to bat them aside to his toad
allies. While they dealt with the summons, Naruto disposed of the Preta Path with Frog Kata
before preparing the fruits of his senjutsu training: a perfected
Rasenshuriken. He hurled the attack at Pain's remaining bodies, and it
expanded when it neared them, disintegrating the Human Path.
Running low on chakra because of the attack, Naruto had Gamabunta trap
the Animal Path in his mouth, where Naruto was able to defeat it with
his Sage Technique: Spiralling Serial Spheres without interference from the other bodies.
Having run out of natural energy and thus having exited Sage Mode, Naruto had Fukasaku summon one of his shadow clones from Mount Myōboku.
As a workaround for his inability to have a constant supply of natural
energy, he had had some of his shadow clones gather it for him.
Revitalised, Naruto attacked with another Rasenshuriken, only for the
Preta Path to appear and absorb the attack. Realising that the Naraka Path must have restored it, Naruto focused his efforts on getting rid of it. He distracted the Deva Path with a smokescreen, and landed another Sage Technique: Spiralling Serial Spheres on the Naraka Path, defeating it.
Though he had defeated four of Pain's six bodies, Naruto was
captured through a combination of efforts from the Deva and Preta Paths.
The Preta Path absorbed his chakra to make sure he was no longer a
threat but, being unable to handle natural energy, the Preta Path turned
into a frog statue, allowing Naruto to free himself. The Deva Path
captured Naruto again, and killed Fukasaku when he tried to come to
help. While immobilising Naruto, the Deva Path told Naruto of his plans
for world peace. When Naruto disagreed with his views, Jiraiya's death
being a by-product of that peace, the Deva Path asked Naruto for a
better solution. Before he could answer, Hinata came to intervene.
Naruto demanded her to stay away from the fight, but Hinata remained
where she stood and confessed her love to Naruto (greatly shocking him),
and fought against the Deva Path in a futile effort to save him. When
she was apparently killed, an enraged Naruto exploded into his six-tailed form.
His necklace
reacted in an effort to quell the transformation, but the Nine-Tails
quickly destroyed it and attacked Pain. Unable to deal with this new
threat, the Deva Path retreated to a location where it could use Chibaku Tensei,
drawing in and containing Naruto. Within his subconscious, Naruto
thought of Pain's plans for peace, and pleaded for someone to help him
with a response. Through his suffering, the Nine-Tails tempted Naruto to
entrust his heart to it so that it could destroy everything that was
causing Naruto pain, thus distorting the seal to the point where the eight-tailed form was released, breaking free of the Chibaku Tensei. Before he could completely release the Nine-Tails, however, his father, Minato, appeared in Naruto's subconscious to stop him.
Minato placing his trust in Naruto.
Minato revealed that he had designed the seal of the Nine-Tails to
allow an imprint of himself to appear if ever the seal was about to
break, a failsafe meant to protect his son. Picking up on this, Naruto
realised that the Fourth Hokage was his father, and was overjoyed to
finally know who one of his parents was. His time being short, Minato
revealed that he had sealed the Nine-Tails into his own son because he
thought Naruto would someday find use for it in finally stopping "Madara Uchiha".
They also discussed the concept of peace, and Minato revealed that
hatred gave rise to Pain, and that ninja must find a way to end the
hatred. While Naruto doubted that he could do it, Minato replied that he
believed Naruto would be able to find the answer, and restored the
Nine-Tails' seal before disappearing.
Naruto defeating Pain.
Outside, Naruto emerged from the Chibaku Tensei, with the Nine-Tails'
influence gone and Sage Mode having returned. He clashed one final time
with the Deva Path, and by taking advantage of the five-second gap
between its attacks, Naruto was finally able to defeat it with his
Rasengan and win the battle. Using the Deva Path's chakra receivers, Naruto sought out Nagato,
Pain's base mind, to finally answer his earlier question about peace.
Naruto admitted that he hated Nagato, but restrained himself long enough
to ask how Nagato, a fellow student of Jiraiya, turned out this way.
After hearing Nagato's past and his reasons for desiring war, Naruto
agreed on some points, but rejected the overall conclusion on the
grounds that it differed from Jiraiya's ideals. To break the cycle of
hatred, Naruto told Nagato and Konan that, despite hating them, he would not kill them.
Amazed by Naruto's determination to his answer, Nagato said that he would believe in Naruto, and revived all the people he had killed in Konoha, at the cost of his own life. With this, Naruto helped Konan retrieve Nagato and Yahiko's
bodies for burial in Amegakure. After confirming that she had quit
Akatsuki, Konan left Naruto a bouquet of paper flowers for him,
symbolising their new alliance.
He then created a memorial for Jiraiya and left the flowers and a copy of The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi by a rock with the kanji for teacher (師, shi).

Team Kakashi is sent out on a mission to return Condor
to his habitat. When they reach a village, they see a vendetta take
place. After Naruto manages to cancel the vendetta, a group of outraged
villagers attack them. The Joint forces of team 7, Tsukado, Katazu and Condor managed to gain victory.
Team 7 is on a joint mission with Gaara and two rookies: Korobi and Yaoki. While on their mission, Kakashi senses a group of ninja following them. These Suna ninja were sent to assassinate Gaara. When Gaara was about to be killed by the Suna Assassin Captain, Naruto shows up and saves him. Later that day, the two teams complete their original mission of eliminating some bandits.
After seeing Sakura come down with what she thinks is the chakra virus, Tsunade instructs all medical-nin
to apprehend Naruto, thinking that he is the source. Naruto then spends
his day trying to escape from countless medical-nin who are shooting at him with Injection Shots.
In the end, it turned out that Naruto didn't cause the outbreak, and
Sakura just had the flu. When Naruto demands an apology from Tsunade,
she merely says that it was an emergency drill and thanked him for
cooperating.
Naruto, Shino Aburame, Rock Lee, and team captain Kotetsu Hagane are set out on a mission to retrieve Condor from Training Ground Zero.
At first, Naruto has a hard time fighting Condor, who can now use basic
ninja fighting skills, and even advanced techniques like the Shadow Clone Technique. In the end, however, his own shadow clones prove to be enough to overpower Condor's clones.
Naruto defeats the fake Gaara.
Naruto, Sakura and Ino are sent in Jofuku Forest to deliver a message to Furofuki.
On the way there, they were petrified because an old lady from the
village's inn said that the place was haunted. Naruto managed to take a
sample of Jofuku flower
for Lee's special medicine, which he accidentally drank. They then
fought a deity representing Gaara, but Naruto managed to defeat it. They
arrived at Furofuki's house and completed their mission.
Naruto and Jiraiya have left Konoha to begin their three year
journey. As they walk, they talk about Naruto's need to overcome
Sasuke's Sharingan.
During genjutsu practice, Naruto tries to disrupt his inner chakra
flow, but instead, creates a wave of chakra around him thus hitting Gamariki in the physical world. To overcome this part of the training, Jiraiya takes Naruto to the Genjutsu Tree Village. After realising that the village was taken over by Kandachi, Naruto and Jiraiya decide to liberate the village. With the help of Jiraiya and Tanishi's Chilli Pepper Bomb, Naruto eventually defeated Kandachi, and his summon, the Conch King with his Big Ball Rasengan.
Naruto remembers a time when he found a tag with the name Kisuke
written on it. When Naruto is sitting in his bed, he sees a man named
Kisuke Maboroshi sitting on the other side, and after realising he is a
"ghost", he starts screaming. Naruto asks him who he is, but the man
does not remember. Naruto (disguised as Kisuke) breaks into a meeting
involving Konoha's security system and accuses Sabiru of being a spy.
When Sabiru says that the real Kisuke is dead, Naruto escapes with
Kakashi and Sabiru in pursuit. At some point in the chase, Kakashi
caught Naruto, and gave Naruto a chance to prove Sabiru guilty of the
murders of Kisuke and his wife.
When Sabiru confessed to Naruto that he did kill the two, Kakashi
appeared, ready to arrest him, but was promptly taken out by a hidden
Kabuto Yakushi.
Nekobaa hires Team 7 to obtain the paw print of Nekomata in order to complete the Paw Encyclopaedia.
Unlike Sasuke and Sakura, Naruto has a hard time infiltrating the cat
fortress. He does, however, reach the battle between Sasuke and Nekomata
in time to save him. After defeating Nekomata, Sasuke collects the paw
print and Team 7 completed their mission.
Naruto goes out on a C-rank mission to guard the Land of Fire's
northern border from intruders. He is placed on a team with two jōnin.
Also on their squad is a very old man named Kosuke Maruboshi. Later the Land of Fire has been infiltrated by a large group Iwagakure
ninja. The two jōnin hold the enemies back while Kosuke and Naruto try
to escape. Then the old man tells Naruto to report to the village about
the news. Later, when Kosuke was injured, Naruto came and tried to stop
the enemy. Kosuke then says he is still able to fight and then defeats
the Iwa Kunoichi.
Naruto is seen along with Sasuke and Sakura spying on Kakashi and Hanare.
When he causes a branch of a tree they are leaning on to break, the
three fall onto Kakashi and Hanare, causing them to accidentally kiss.
Later, after cornering him, the Jōmae Villagehead presumably committed suicide right in front of Team 7.
Naruto and Sasuke attack Jakō.
Naruto and the rest of Team Kakashi are given a mission to retrieve a stolen gold statue from a man named Jakō
and his group of bandits. Shortly after ambushing the bandits and
taking back the treasure, Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha get hit by Jakō's Chakra Liquid,
leaving their hands bound together. After Sakura get captured, he and
Sasuke debate whether or not to rescue her or continue the mission.
After convincing Sasuke, they meet and defeat Suguro,
one of the bandits that took Sakura. Then after locating the rest of
the bandits, Naruto and Sasuke defeat them one by one, but
unfortunately, they damage the statue in the process. The team now
returns to the village with Naruto complaining about how much longer he
has to be stuck to Sasuke.
Team Kakashi, along with Team Asuma, go off on a mission where they must save a headman's granddaughter from a gang boss named Baji.
When Baji's fortress is infiltrated, he uses his shadow clones to fight
off the bandits and overwhelm them. He is then seen celebrating the
mission's success with the rest of the groups.
Tsunade assigns Naruto and Sakura to escort Naho to the Shizume village. Along the way, they encounter a criminal named Sadai.
Naruto uses his shadow clones to defeat the group, but has trouble
defeating Sadai. After being captured, Sasuke arrives and defeats Sadai,
but continues to beat him mercilessly, much to Naho's horror, but was
then reassured by Naruto that Sasuke was just going through a rough
time, and that he will bring him to her as soon as he returns to his
former self.

The village greets Naruto upon his return.
While the exhausted Naruto was returning to the village, Kakashi
found him and carried him back. He was greeted by the entire village and
celebrated as a hero. Soon afterwards, he learned that Tsunade had been
left in a coma as a result of protecting the villagers from Pain.
Sakura tried to cheer him up, but her efforts were interrupted by the
news that Danzō Shimura
has replaced Tsunade as Hokage and has ordered that Sasuke be executed
as a traitor to the village. Naruto and Sakura questioned Sai about
Danzō, hoping to learn how they can change his mind, but Sai was unable to help them. Their questions gained the attention of two Kumo-nin, Karui and Omoi.
They told Naruto and Sakura about Sasuke's work with Akatsuki and
demanded any information that might be useful in killing him. To spare
Sakura from having to help them, Naruto volunteered, but ultimately
could not bring himself to sell out Sasuke. He offered to allow the
Kumo-nin to take their anger out on him by beating him up, and they
gladly accepted before being stopped by Sai.
While Naruto recovered from his injuries, he asked Yamato and Kakashi to take him to the Land of Iron so that he could ask the Fourth Raikage
to forgive Sasuke. Yamato and Kakashi agreed, but when they arrived and
spoke with the Raikage, the Raikage refused his request and berated
Naruto for standing up for a criminal. Naruto went to a local inn to
consider what to do next, where he was soon confronted by Tobi,
who asked how he could get Nagato to change his mind. Naruto ignored
the question and asked Tobi about his plans with Sasuke. Tobi told him
about the Sage of the Six Paths, the Uchiha clan, and the truth about the Uchiha clan massacre,
all of which now drove Sasuke along a path of vengeance. Naruto
insisted that that he could still get through to Sasuke, but Tobi
laughed and left, saying that Naruto and Sasuke are fated to fight
again.
Naruto began practising with Sage Mode, hoping to extend the
reach of his sensory skills and thus find Sasuke. Sakura interrupted
him, having come to the Land of Iron to speak with him. She told him
that she loved him and she no longer had any feelings for Sasuke.
Naruto, who was sure Sakura was still in love with Sasuke, didn't
believe her and said she was lying to herself. Angered by this, Sakura
insisted she was telling the truth and that he therefore doesn't need to
fulfil his earlier promise of bringing Sasuke home. Naruto said his
actions had nothing to do with the promise and that he just wanted to
save Sasuke, choosing not to reveal what Madara had said about the
Uchiha clan. Sakura then left with the others, saying she was going
home.
The original Team 7 re-unites.
One of Sai's ink clones later approached Naruto, telling him, Kakashi, and Yamato about Sakura and the rest of the Konoha 11's
decision to kill Sasuke to prevent him from involving Konoha in another
war, and also mentioned that he thinks Sakura is still in love with
Sasuke and wanted to be the one to stop him from sinking any lower.
Gaara also appeared, who told them about the Fourth Shinobi World War
and the decision to protect Naruto from Akatsuki. Gaara pleaded with
Naruto to think about all of the people who will be fighting the likes
of Sasuke on his behalf and, as Sasuke's friend, to do what was best
given his actions. When Gaara left, Naruto considered what everyone had
told him and started hyperventilating. He passed out and when he woke
up, he discovered from Yamato that Kakashi had gone to stop Sakura and
deal with Sasuke.
Using a shadow clone as a decoy, Naruto escaped from Yamato and
pursued Kakashi using his Sage Mode to follow the latter's chakra. He
arrived just in time to save Sakura from being killed by Sasuke. Naruto
made a last attempt to reason with his former friend, sympathising with
his pain and acknowledging Itachi's sacrifice. However, Sasuke was
unmoved and made his resolve to destroy Konoha clear. Shocked by the
depths of his hatred, Kakashi resolved to kill Sasuke, but was stopped
by Naruto, who instead fought Sasuke head-on, matching his Rasengan with
the latter's Chidori. Both survived the clash, with Madara and Zetsu
coming to Sasuke's aid. Before Sasuke left, Naruto noted that they had
both become top-class ninja, and if they ever fought again, they would
both die. He nevertheless accepted such an outcome, since it would at
least enable him to shoulder Sasuke's hatred alone. In answer, Sasuke
declared that he had no intention to die, and promised to kill Naruto
first. He left with Tobi, and Naruto returned to Konoha with his
team-mates, bearing Karin
as a captive. in the anime Naruto, Karin and the rest of Sakura's team
rest while Kakashi sends his ninken to the other Hidden Villages.
Naruto and Sasuke clash.
Upon returning to the village, Naruto explained the situation to his
friends. When he insisted to handle Sasuke alone, Neji and Shikamaru
said it was foolish not to finish Sasuke when he was already weakened
from his fight against the other Kage and Danzō, but Naruto explained
that at his current level, he wouldn't be able to kill Sasuke. As
Shikamaru berated Naruto for taking all this on his own, Naruto
dismissed this and headed off to Ramen Ichiraku. Sakura realised Naruto was hiding something however, remembering what he said to Sasuke directly.

Main article: Adventures at Sea Arc
Naruto prepares to go to the Land of Lightning with a team consisting of Yamato, Aoba, Might Guy and three unknown shinobi. As Tsunade has ordered them to take the long way so Akatsuki
wouldn't attempt to capture him, the team plans on traveling by sea. At
the harbour in the Land of Fire they chose to take a small boat so they
wouldn't get noticed. At the harbour, some fellow Konoha shinobi warn
them about a sea monster that attacks any ships that go into open water.
After meeting the monster, a Giant Marlinsummon from the Third Shinobi World War, Naruto saves Yūsuke,
a fisherman that was attacked. As Naruto has to hold Yūsuke, he is left
open and the marlin attacks. He is shielded by Yamato while Aoba
distracts the marlin so they can escape.
At Yūsuke's hut, the Konoha shinobi are told not to interfere
with the marlin as Yūsuke wants to capture the fish himself to avenge
the death of his father who had also tried to capture the fish. Naruto
offers to help Yūsuke capture the fish to which everyone agrees. The
next day, they group go out to sea on a new boat that Yamato created.
After the group tire out the marlin, Naruto notices a fūma shuriken stuck in the marlin's forehead and pulls it out. After the marlin returns home the Konoha shinobi sail on.
Naruto is later seen on an island with Yamato searching for Guy,
who was kidnapped by a giant bird. After seeing many giant creatures on
the island, they find Guy, who was kidnapped to babysit the bird's
chicks. The giant bird takes Naruto, Yamato and Guy to the volcano,
where they encounter Aoba, when a beast suddenly awakes and goes on a
rampage. Naruto has to enter Sage Mode and finishes the beast off with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
After the group has to stop for supplies, Naruto purchases a
poisonous mushroom. As the mushroom is in the hold, it begins to
multiply and spread. Naruto and Guy eat the mushrooms, which poisons
them, causing them to act in a violent manner. As Naruto is without
alternatives, he summons Gamatatsu and asks him to bring them Shima's
food, which is composed of insects. After eating the food and regaining
strength, they manage to defeat the pirates who sold Naruto the
poisonous mushroom when they come aboard their ship looking for
valuables.
Naruto awakes after having a dream from one of his clones about his shadow clones rebelling against him, taking him hostage, and forcing the crew to stop on an island.
While crossing over the Land of Water's territory, Naruto's group come across an imposter, named Iggy, that claims to be him, as Naruto's win over Pain
has made him famous. As Iggy and his accomplise attack Naruto, he
quickly defeats them. Naruto then helps Iggy defeat some mercenary
ninjas and continue on their way.
Later, Naruto is told by Tokiwa that he had to fight Shizuka for his hand in marriage as Jiraiya had promised Shizuka's mentor.
He declines the offer, but Tokiwa tells him off Shizuka's past and the
village's law. Naruto then accepts the duel and defeats Shizuka, but Kokuyō attacks Shizuka afterwards, only to be defeated by Naruto's Rasengan. Naruto and his fellow Konoha shinobi eventually meet the boat that will take them to the island.

Naruto meets with the Great Toad Sage.
As Naruto was about to eat, he was suddenly summoned back to Mount Myōboku by Fukasaku, who told him that the Great Toad Sage wished to tell him about his future. He prophesied that Naruto would meet an "octopus", and would battle a "young man with powerful eyes". Gerotora was then summoned and gave Naruto the "key" to the Eight Trigrams Seal,
so he can release all of the Nine-Tails' power and also complete an
unnamed technique. Naruto took the key into his body, knowing he would
need its power in the battles to come. Fukasaku then returned Naruto
back to Ichiraku, where some of the villagers asked for his autograph.
To keep Naruto safe from Akatsuki, the five Kage sent him along with Yamato, Might Guy, Aoba Yamashiro, and several other Konoha-nin to a remote island in the Land of Lightning, under the story that he was there to study the island's ecology. Upon arrival, Naruto met Killer B and was marvelled at his mastery of his tailed beast.
Naruto requested training from him, but B refused since he's on
"vacation". However, Naruto proved to be a capable rapper and bumped
fists with him, but then he accidentally insulted B while rapping.
Naruto then used his Harem Technique in order to persuade him, but with no results. After hearing that Naruto and B had bumped fists, Motoi took Naruto to the Falls of Truth,
where B had started his training to control the Eight-Tails. Motoi
instructed Naruto to sit on the platform in front of the waterfall and
close his eyes, and he would see who he truly was on the inside. While
doing this, Naruto was greeted by another version of himself, who berated Naruto on how quickly the people from Konoha changed their opinions of him.
Naruto vs. Dark Naruto.
Both he and Dark Naruto began to fight and were evenly matched both
physically and chakra level wise as both were able to produce the exact
same number of shadow clones.
It was revealed that the entire battle was going on within Naruto, as
Yamato observed Naruto still meditating near the waterfall. Somehow,
Naruto was able to break out of the meditation, and questioned Motoi
about B's history in order to figure out how to conquer the darkness
within himself. After that, while Naruto reminisced about how B and
Gaara changed the peoples' opinions about them, and that he wasn't
certain if the villagers of Konoha truly trusted him, Motoi was attacked
by the giant squid.
Thinking that squid was B, Naruto yelled for it to stop. Fortunately,
Motoi was saved by B and Naruto was happy to see the two being able to
resume their friendship. After joining forces with B, he said to Naruto
return to the Falls of Truth. Confronting Dark Naruto, Naruto said that
he must have faith in himself, which started to weaken the former and
forcing him to ask what was the reason for his existence then. Naruto
said he was really him and thanked him for pushing him to be the person
he is now. He then hugged Dark Naruto when he tried to attack him, who
cried and disappeared. After awaking and celebrating, B lead both Naruto
and Yamato to a special room within the secret temple behind the Falls of Truth, where Naruto would fight the Nine-Tails.
Naruto vs. the Nine-Tails.
Within his subconscious, after Naruto used the key to unlock the seal, the Nine-Tails pushed open the cage's doors and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Naruto, but B used the remaining bit of the Eight-Tails' power to contain the attack. While in Sage Mode, Naruto had one of his three shadow clones perform the Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan
on the Nine-Tails as a distraction for him to come from behind, slam it
to the ground, and had his two other shadow clones attack it from above
with the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken,
causing great damage and giving Naruto the chance to drain out its
chakra. However, the Nine-Tails planted its hatred within its drained
chakra, and it suddenly began to consume Naruto, making him lose the
control and forcing him out of Sage Mode. Just before Naruto was
completely succumbed, his mother Kushina Uzumaki
appeared. At first, Naruto believed that Kushina was the Nine-Tails in
disguise, which made her angry and clobber Naruto on the head. Kushina
then apologised for her short-temper, telling Naruto that she hoped that
wasn't a trait he inherited from her. Picking up on this and realising
Kushina was his mother, Naruto started to cry and hugged her. With his
happiness, the Nine-Tails' spreading influence stopped, much to Yamato
and B's surprise. Naruto and Kushina talked, with Naruto asking how
Kushina and Minato got together. Kushina bashfully told him her story
and afterward, upon Naruto complimenting her hair, told him that she
loved him, much to Naruto's surprise then happiness.
Naruto reseals the Nine-Tails.
Following this, Naruto's positive emotions depleted the Nine-Tails'
hatred within its drained chakra, and he made a large number of shadow
clones, forming multiple Rasengan as they charged at the Nine-Tails.
After the Nine-Tails broke most of Kushina's chakra chains
that had been restraining it, Kushina immediately used the last chain
that was attached on the Nine-Tails' leg to make it trip, giving
Naruto's shadow clones enough time to enter Sage Mode and bombard it
with the Sage Art: Many Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Serial Spheres.
As the Nine-Tails was pushed back from the impact, one of Naruto's
shadow clones immediately used the Rasenshuriken to weaken the
Nine-Tails further and completely separate it from its chakra. When the
chakra merged with Naruto, the enraged, emaciated Nine-Tails attempted
to fire a Tailed Beast Ball many times its own size, but its attack
ultimately dissipated as Naruto used a new, stronger seal to imprison the Nine-Tails once again. After that, when Naruto learned from Kushina about his heritage, the truth behind the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha,
and how his parents gave their lives to protect him, Naruto then told
Kushina that he was glad to know that he was filled with their love
before the Nine-Tails was sealed within him, and he was happy to be
their son. Before she completely faded away, Kushina tearfully hugged
Naruto, and thanked him for letting her and Minato be his parents.
Outside his subconscious, as Naruto was showing B and Yamato his new form, Naruto quickly sensed Kisame hidden inside his Samehada
by detecting his negative emotions, which surprised Kisame. When Kisame
attempted to escape, Naruto used his blinding speed and quickly smashed
Kisame into the wall with a powerful punch. However, Kisame was able to
retreat as Naruto's foot got stuck in the wall, leading Yamato to stay
behind to help free him while B chased after Kisame. Naruto and Yamato
then caught up with the others as they watched Guy and Kisame's battle
from a distance. After the battle, the Konoha and Kumo-nin restrained
Kisame and attempted to interrogate him, but Kisame broke free and
committed suicide so they could not get any more information out of him.
Shocked by this action, Naruto realised that even the shinobi in
Akatsuki fought for their comrades. When Guy then opened the information
scroll Kisame had tried to send to Akatsuki, it triggered to trap them
in water prisons with summoned sharks to keep the shinobi occupied while the last shark took the scroll, and swam into the ocean to get it to Akatsuki.

After Motoi sent his summoned owl to inform the Allied Shinobi Forces about the situation, Naruto and Killer B started evacuating the giant animals into the Island Turtle's shell for their safety in case an attack came. Naruto was trying to log the island's ecology as part of his "official" S-rank
mission, still not knowing the true purpose of being there. Due to the
battle outside, Naruto became suspicious of what was happening, but
Yamato managed to convince Naruto that it was his mission to stay on the
island, while Yamato went outside to investigate.
Naruto attempting to get the white to black chakra ratio down for his Tailed Beast Rasengan.
After he was done, Naruto, unaware that Yamato had been captured by Kabuto Yakushi,
stated that he wanted to return to Konoha so he could wait and fight
Sasuke. However, B, in order to keep Naruto on the island, lead him back
into the temple within the Falls of Truth to have him trained how to handle his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode
properly. While Naruto continued to train under B's supervision, Naruto
suddenly sensed the Nine-Tails' chakra within the rampaging six-tailedKinkaku far away from the temple. Wanting to investigate, Naruto was able to trick B into letting him out, but was stopped by Shibi Aburame along with a handful of Konoha-nin, which confirmed his earlier suspicions that something was wrong. Iruka Umino,
who happened to be with them, tried to trick Naruto into believing that
he had a second mission on the island, but Naruto used Sage Mode
to barge through the guards, in the process of losing his forehead
protector. With Naruto being outside of the chakra isolation chamber and
sensing the war going on around him, Iruka finally revealed to Naruto
that he had to be kept away from the battlefield in order to protect him
from the enemy. However, Naruto refused to stay at the temple and
declared that he would end the war on his own. When Iruka returned
Naruto his fallen forehead protector, he immediately trapped Naruto
within a barrier,
but Naruto easily broke free while in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. On his
way to battle, he found a note from Iruka in his forehead protector, in
which Iruka told him that in the event he could not stop Naruto from
leaving, he asked Naruto to come back alive. Naruto then proceeded to
eat the note after reading it.
Naruto states his resolve to the Nine-Tails.
Naruto and B, who had been asked by Iruka to watch over Naruto and finally caught up with him, both broke through a barrier
that surrounded the Island Turtle and continued their way to the
battlefield. After that, the Nine-Tails pulled Naruto into his
subconscious, berating him for using its chakra so carelessly. Calling
Naruto naive for thinking he could stop the war by himself, the
Nine-Tails tried to tempt him again with power, but to no avail, earning
Naruto some recognition. After the Nine-Tails taunted Naruto about his
goal to erase the hatred from others and the world, Naruto pinned the
beast down with a torii
in retaliation and exclaimed to it with great confidence that he
planned to do something about both Sasuke and the war. When the
Nine-Tails condescendingly complimented Naruto for finally learning how
to stand up for himself, Naruto said that maybe someday he would do
something about its hatred as well. The Nine-Tails reproached him for
believing that, but Naruto, determined as ever, vowed to the Nine-Tails
that it would be worth a shot as he left his subconscious, leaving the
great beast speechless.
Some time later, A and Tsunade
showed up at Naruto and B's location to prevent them from going another
step further. After Naruto failed to argue his way through with A,
Naruto tried to bypass them with his speed, but the Raikage, in his Lightning Release Armour,
matched his speed and punched him back. Naruto pleaded with Tsunade to
allow him to pass, but Tsunade stated she had to follow through on her
role as a leader of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Understanding Tsunade's
position, Naruto made another attempt to bypass them, only to be
intercepted by A once more. A then declared to Naruto that if he still
insisted on proceeding, he would have to kill him; believing he would
buy the Allied Shinobi Forces some time before the Nine-Tails could
revive, which would delay Madara's plan. As A attempted to punch Naruto,
B blocked his attack. After B defeated A in a Lariat
clash, B explained to A that his and Naruto's strength came not only
from their tailed beasts, but also because they had people who cared
about them. To test Naruto, A then fully powered up his Lightning
Release Armour and attacked Naruto with his fastest punch, but when he
was able to dodge it, A allowed Naruto and B to pass.
Naruto deploys clones to every battlefield.
While on their way, Naruto and B were contacted by Shikaku Nara (with the help of Inoichi Yamanaka's telepathy), who told them that Naruto was the only one who would be able to sense the chakra of the White Zetsu Army.
After acknowledging that Madara was the true enemy and that the Zetsu
Army were only his underlings, Naruto resolved to fight with all his
power. Soon, their path was blocked by White Zetsu, disguised as shinobi
from the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Naruto quickly took them all out
with his new techniques. After summoning Gamahiro to crush a merged White Zetsu clone, he then deployed his clones to the other battlefields.
Naruto and B later came across a Kumo and a Suna-nin and he saved them from Toroi's attack with a Rasengan. After seeing a resurrected shinobi for the first time, Naruto and B moved on and later encountered the resurrected Itachi Uchiha and Nagato.
After having a quick talk with Nagato and Itachi, the battle commenced.
While Naruto sparred with Itachi, Naruto revealed to him about Sasuke's
plight, but reassured him that he still had a plan to do something
about him. After Nagato summoned his giant dog and bird, Itachi then activated his Mangekyō Sharingan in order to use Amaterasu on Naruto, but the crow
Itachi placed inside Naruto before his death suddenly emerged from
Naruto's mouth and locked eyes with Itachi, causing him to use Amaterasu
on Nagato and his summons instead. Itachi explained that the crow used Kotoamatsukami, thus releasing him from Kabuto's control. Nagato, having his personality completely removed by Kabuto, used his invisible chameleon summon and his Asura Path ability to restrain both Naruto and B respectively, but before Nagato could remove Naruto's soul, Naruto and B were subsequently rescued by Itachi with his Susanoo. After Nagato used Chibaku Tensei as an attempt to trap them, Naruto used his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, along with Itachi's Yasaka Magatama and B's Tailed Beast Ball, to attack the centre of Nagato's technique, effectively destroying it. When Nagato was impaled with Itachi's Sword of Totsuka
which began to seal him, Naruto promised Nagato to correct the mistakes
that he had made during his lifetime as part of the stellar trilogy.
Later, Itachi told Naruto that he would help end Kabuto's Impure
World Resurrection while Naruto would focus on fighting Madara, but
Naruto exclaimed that it was his duty to stop the war himself. However,
Itachi argued that even though Naruto had become stronger, he should not
for try to shoulder everything alone, lest he become arrogant like
Madara. He also told Naruto if he had the same dream of becoming Hokage
like his father, he should not forget his friends. Naruto insisted that
Itachi come and see Sasuke again, but he declined, saying that he too
tried to do everything on his own and failed in the past, so he should
leave his brother to his friends. After Itachi left, Naruto and B
continued heading towards an unknown destination.
Naruto's clone causes the Third Raikage to impale himself.
One of Naruto's shadow clones arrived at the Fourth Division's location at the battlefield to fight against the resurrected Mū and the Third Raikage. Although Naruto's clone was able to defeat Mū, none of Naruto's attacks had much effect against the Third Raikage, as Dodai
explained that the Third's physical endurance could withstand almost
any kind of technique, along with the relative invulnerability of Impure
World Resurrection. When Naruto noticed a scar on the Third's chest,
Dodai stated that the Third got it during his past fight with the Eight-Tails. Believing that only a tailed beast was capable of harming the Third, Naruto attempted to form the Tailed Beast Ball,
only for it to dissipate, and was then forced out of Nine-Tails Chakra
Mode due to chakra overuse. After learning from the Eight-Tails that
both it and the Third only collapsed after their prolonged battle with
their techniques still in their hands, Naruto entered Sage Mode
and charged toward the Third with a Rasengan in hand. Using Sage Mode's
sensory ability, Naruto dodged the Third's attack at the last second
and aimed the Rasengan at the Raikage's arm. The attack knocked the
Third's arm into his chest, impaling him long enough for him to be
sealed away. Naruto then went towards where Gaara was fighting the Second Mizukage, arriving just in time to see the sealing take place.
While Naruto's clones arrived at the other division's locations
to help locate and fight off the remaining White Zetsu within the areas,
the one clone with Gaara and his unit was alerted to someone's presence
by a sensor. They spotted Mū on a cliff above them and Ōnoki informed them that he must have split in half. They were even more shocked when Ōnoki told them that the person beside him was none other than Madara Uchiha. Gaara pointed out that Madara was resurrected,
and they all wondered who the masked man claiming to be Madara really
was. As Madara began his assault, Naruto's clone made more clones to
fight him and stall for time while he entered Sage Mode. The clones
attacked Madara with a Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but it was blocked with Susanoo.
Naruto finished going into Sage Mode and formed a Rasenshuriken. He and
Gaara attack simultaneously, but there attack failed when Madara
revealed his Rinnegan. Madara retreated to the top of a rock formation
and summoned a meteorite, leaving Naruto shocked.
After the meteorite was stopped by Ōnoki and Gaara, a second one
was sent crashing into it, which made a landfall and devastated the
division. Dodai protected Naruto's clone, saying that he was integral in them winning. As Madara attempted to summon the Nine-Tails,
Naruto could feel his stomach burning and the Nine-Tails angrily
reconised his chakra calling for it. As the Nine-Tails resolved to lend
Naruto its chakra, he first thought that it was going to attempt to take
over his body like it used to, but the beast said it would rather help
Naruto than be manipulated by Madara again. Using its chakra, Naruto's
clone was able to create more clones and countered Madara's Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees with a series of Big Ball Rasengan.
After that assault, the clone was left severely weakened to the point
where he could feel like he could disappear at any moment. Ōnoki told
him that they would take things from there.
Naruto headbutts Tobi.
Madara and Mū move to attack, when Tsunade and A suddenly appear and knock them away. When Tsunade releases her forehead seal, Naruto worries for her. Naruto is also surprised by the sudden arrival of the Mizukage.
Naruto pleads with Tsunade to heal him as he doesn't want to disappear
yet. She refuses and Ōnoki tells him that the war isn't about protecting
him anymore its about protecting everyone. Ōnoki talks to him about why
he joined the alliance and the hatred of the ninja world. Tsunade tells
Naruto that the Kage will defeat the real Madara, while he defeats the imposter. Before dispersing the Kage leave Naruto's clone with one final message "win".
Elsewhere, the real Naruto receives the dispersed clone's information
and vows to win. Naruto notices Tobi approaching and immediately
headbutts him.
Naruto and B clashing with the revived jinchūriki.
Recoiling from the impact, Naruto is caught by B who tells him to
calm down. Naruto then comments on the toughness of the mask before
being told by Tobi that it'd take a lot more than that to crack it. As
the revived jinchūriki are sent in to fight, Naruto manoeuvres through Rōshi's stream of molten rocks, before they are then attacked by doppelgänger created by Yagura and sent flying backwards from the explosion and into a field of Utakata's explosive bubbles.
As they make contact with him and explode, Naruto cries out from the
pain, B is however able to save them from the effects of the technique
only to be caught in Fū's technique which shrouded incoming attacks from both Yugito and Han. As Naruto counters Han's attack, he states that he could sense
his malice. Nonetheless, Naruto is overpowered by Han's strength. As
Naruto converses with Tobi, he declares that they would defeat both Madaras. As Tobi tells them that he was no one, wanted to be no one and that his only goal was to complete the Eye of the Moon Plan, to fix a worthless world, Naruto tells him that having a tailed beast
sealed inside them was not all bad, all the time. He then declares that
even in a world that he deemed 'worthless' no one was falling for his
lies and as such he would rip that mask of Tobi's face before staring in
shock as the revived jinchūriki enter the early stages of their tailed
beast transformations.
Calling out to B as he charges out to face Fū, he catches up to him and informs him of the shared field of vision that the Six Paths of Pain had using the Rinnegan. As he attempts to explain it to B, he dodges Rōshi's attack
but not without having his face scorched by the heat. After taking
refuge under a shrub, he and B along with the Eight-Tails begin
formulating a counter measure against the jinchūriki. After being told
by B that he had seen black rods embedded into Yugito's chest, Naruto engages Rōshi once again and attempts to destroy the receivers in his chest with a Rasengan. This effort is however thwarted by Han, who sends Naruto flying with a kick.
Clutching onto B as he transforms into the Eight-Tails and devastates
an area of the forest, Naruto watches on as the jinchūriki are almost
sealed. As he fends off the jinchūriki who had entered Version 2 like
states, he is eventually overwhelmed and weighed down.
As Tobi uses this opportunity to attempt to capture Naruto, though he
initially puts up a fight, Tobi is able to come in contact with him. He
is however saved by the appearance of Kakashi and Guy.
Naruto meets with Son Gokū.
After Guy destroyed the coral that was restricting his movement, he
began assisting them in attacking Tobi's Six Paths of Pain, creating a
Rasengan in each hand. Yagura and Rōshi
attack him at the same time and he managed to catch Yagura's strike
with his chakra arm, launching a Rasengan at him and Rōshi. However,
Tobi responded by fully transforming both Utakata and Rōshi into the Six-Tails and Four-Tails respectfully, throwing him off onto the Eight-Tails, causing him to fall out of the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
With Kakashi and Guy cut off from him, the Four-Tails tossed the
Eight-Tails and Naruto was then nearly swallowed by it, just stopping
himself by re-entering his Nine-Tailed Chakra Mode state right between
the giant monkey's teeth. As he struggles to free himself, he is
eventually swallowed by the great ape. Entering the place where the
beast was sealed, Naruto find the Four-Tails chained to two cliffs.
After denying that he had come to steal the beast's power, Naruto is
chastised by the beast who refuses to be called "Four-Tails" telling him
to call him by his proper name Son Gokū. After speaking with the beast, and expressing his wish to be friends with Kurama
in the same manner that B was with the Eight-Tails, something Son Gokū
found amusing. Naruto tells the beast that having understood their
feelings because of the way he was mistreated in his youth, he hated to
see them treated in that manner by someone who didn't know who they
were, Son comes to realise that he was serious. Naruto then agrees to
free Son from the chains in order to find a way to stop the beast.
Naruto and Kurama stand side by side.
As Naruto, who is eager to help asks how, Son tells him beforehand
that he's made it a point not to trust jinchūriki and not to expect for
it to become his ally unless he trusted him. As Son is forced to vomit
Naruto out after the latter used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique,
the beast tells Naruto of the location of the chakra receiver that was
embedded into him which had moved since he had gotten bigger. While
still being manipulated to attack Naruto, a clone who had stayed inside
the beast's mouth prepares a two-fold attack on the chakra receiver
after entering Sage Mode. After Naruto succeeded in removing the chakra
receiver, he realises with shock that the chain that imprisoned Son was
still there. Son explains that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path
still held its chakra and that Naruto had only freed him from Tobi's
control. Noting Naruto's concern who had intended to save Son
completely, he gave him a parting gift and some of its chakra before
being sealed back into the statue.[61][62]
Drained of chakra, Kurama offers its power. After a brief conversation,
Kurama then offered to meld its chakra with Naruto's. Noting that the
fox was no longer the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox that attacked Konoha, but an
ally of the village and his team-mate, Naruto unlocked the gates holding it back, releasing the beast as he prepared to face the five remaining, fully-transformed jinchūriki.
Naruto's new form.
With the gates opened, Naruto assumes a new form which is even
reflected on Kurama. With no time to wastes as the opposing tailed
beasts prepare to attack Guy and Kakashi with their Tailed Beast Balls,
Naruto intervenes and deflect the attacks with such speed that Kakashi
mistakes him for his own former teacher. As the beasts rally again and
prepare to attack the shinobi, Naruto transforms into Kurama — seemingly
"absorbing" Guy and Kakashi into the beast's chakra for safe-keeping.
After creating a clone and being told by Kurama that he probably had
only five minutes in the form because it was his first transformation
into the beast, Naruto tells it that that was plenty of time. With this,
he attacks the Seven-Tails mid-flight, intending to pile-drive the
beast into the Three-Tails but the giant turtle rolls out of the way.
Before he can attack again, the Six-Tails swallows the beast's hand,
rendering him immobile and allowing the Three-Tails to attack. The
Three-Tails' attack is stopped by the Eight-Tails however. Wasting no
time as the Two-Tails now prepared to attack, Naruto swings the
Six-Tails into the Two-Tails as B deals with the Five-Tails. The clone —
who had entered Sage Mode — reports that he had located all the chakra receivers in the other beasts. Naruto then watches on as the other tailed beasts prepare a collaborative Tailed Beast Ball, he and Kurama prepare one of their own, intending on countering the attack.
Naruto's encounter with the other tailed beasts.
Naruto aimed his own attack, aiming slightly below his opponents
which sent both moves flying upwards in a massive explosion. Then,
before the dust clears, Naruto used Kurama's tails, transforming them
into chakra hands, to grab his opponents by their throat. He then used
Nine-Tails Chakra Mode clones to pull out the stakes, while silently
promising to free all the tailed beasts. Suddenly Naruto found that his
subconcious has been pulled into a space so that the remaining beasts
and their jinchūriki can converse with him. When Yagura
tried to thank him, Naruto ended up crying, thinking that the Mizukage
had died young, without ever eating ramen or kissing a girl. When Kurama
reminded its host that Naruto has never kissed a girl, but he has
kissed Sasuke, Naruto started to throw up, completely ignoring Yagura until he mentioned Son Gokū. The hosts explained that Son insisted that they wait for Naruto and try to help him. Then the jinchūriki
and tailed beasts introduced themselves, and offered Naruto some of
their power. In the real world, Naruto successfully managed to pull the chakra recievers
from the beasts, just before his time in the new form ran out, which
forced Tobi to pull all of the beasts back into the the Demonic Statue.
Realising that Naruto is no longer in Tailed Beast Mode, he compliments
Naruto on freeing the beasts, but tells him it changes nothing. Naruto,
though, disagrees stating he just had to learn a bunch of difficult
names all at once.